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Fight Against Brazil Coup Is Now to Be 'Fire Against Fire' [View all]
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Fight Against Brazil Coup Is Now to Be 'Fire Against Fire'
MST Coordinator Joao Pedro Stedile, said its now about mobilization against the coup and destabilizing the government as it was done in Paraguay
Following the Senate coup against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and installation of right-wing Vice President Michel Temer, the coup plotters' agenda has become clear.
The Temer administration is now in the midst of an all-out attack on the country's most progressive social and political achievements, with an all-white, all-male cabinet that is absolutely hostile to the social movements and minority groups of Brazil.
Rousseff's 2014 re-election marked the fourth consecutive victory for the Workers' Party, a fact that did not sit well with the country's right-wing politicians, who immediately started to conspire against the president. That is why her supporters see the impeachment as an effort to retroactively win the election through non-democratic means.
MST Coordinator Joao Pedro Stedile speaks of the rejection there is among social movements against the coup and how they are going to fight back in an interview published on the social movement's website that was originally posted on The Dawn.
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MST Coordinator Joao Pedro Stedile, said its now about mobilization against the coup and destabilizing the government as it was done in Paraguay
Following the Senate coup against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and installation of right-wing Vice President Michel Temer, the coup plotters' agenda has become clear.
The Temer administration is now in the midst of an all-out attack on the country's most progressive social and political achievements, with an all-white, all-male cabinet that is absolutely hostile to the social movements and minority groups of Brazil.
Rousseff's 2014 re-election marked the fourth consecutive victory for the Workers' Party, a fact that did not sit well with the country's right-wing politicians, who immediately started to conspire against the president. That is why her supporters see the impeachment as an effort to retroactively win the election through non-democratic means.
MST Coordinator Joao Pedro Stedile speaks of the rejection there is among social movements against the coup and how they are going to fight back in an interview published on the social movement's website that was originally posted on The Dawn.
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Christopher Hayes ?@chrislhayes May 24
This secret recording in Brazil that was just made public is like a Bond Villain monologue.
HUCK ?@HUCKmagazine 12 hours ago
Battle lines are drawn: Inside Brazil's rightwing coup... and the fightback.
http://www.huckmagazine.com/?p=362990
Salon.com ?@Salon May 20
Explaining the chaotic Brazil “coup”:
Elected President Dilma Rousseff replaced with right-wing “gang of thieves” [/center]
New Political Earthquake in Brazil: Is It Now Time for Media Outlets to Call This a “Coup”?
Brazil today awoke to stunning news of secret, genuinely shocking conversations involving a key minister in Brazil’s newly installed government, which shine a bright light on the actual motives and participants driving the impeachment of the country’s democratically elected president, Dilma Rousseff. The transcripts were published by the country’s largest newspaper, Folha de São Paulo, and reveal secret conversations that took place in March, just weeks before the impeachment vote in the lower house was held. They show explicit plotting between the new planning minister (then-senator), Romero Jucá, and former oil executive Sergio Machado — both of whom are formal targets of the “Car Wash” corruption investigation — as they agree that removing Dilma is the only means for ending the corruption investigation. ....
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Brazil today awoke to stunning news of secret, genuinely shocking conversations involving a key minister in Brazil’s newly installed government, which shine a bright light on the actual motives and participants driving the impeachment of the country’s democratically elected president, Dilma Rousseff. The transcripts were published by the country’s largest newspaper, Folha de São Paulo, and reveal secret conversations that took place in March, just weeks before the impeachment vote in the lower house was held. They show explicit plotting between the new planning minister (then-senator), Romero Jucá, and former oil executive Sergio Machado — both of whom are formal targets of the “Car Wash” corruption investigation — as they agree that removing Dilma is the only means for ending the corruption investigation. ....
Michael Argiroudis ?@MikeArgi 2 hours ago
Leaked Tapes Show Michel Temer’s Henchmen Led Dilma Rousseff Coup in Brazil:
http://sputniknews.com/news/20160526/1040257447/dilma-temer-calheiros-juca-cunha.html … via @SputnikInt
#Brazil #Rousseff More in my LBN thread
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