Category Archives: Brazil is the Bomb!

Joao Goulart, murder victim

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Courtesy of Aporrea, another skeevy spy story comes to light: The Uruguayan ex-spy, Mario Neira Barreiro, asserted that the former Brazilian president, Joao Goulart, was assassinated in 1976 at the request of then-dictator Ernesto Geisel, who ordered “Operation Scorpion”. In … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Random Evo and senseless cuteness

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

You know you’re a hottie when you can even make a miner’s helmet look good… …especially when combined with something as unlikely as floral garlands. And of course, we already know what Evo does for soccer shorts:

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One more blow for the Empire

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And this one comes from Brazil. The president of Brazil, Luiz Lula da Silva, affirmed that South America has put the era of neoliberalism behind it, and said he agrees with the nationalization of natural gas by his colleague in … Continue reading →

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Next front in the oil wars–Brazil?

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Watch out, Lula. With every one of these finds you make, you end up endangering yourself and your country… Further oil and gas supplies have been discovered off the south-eastern coast of Brazil, boosting the shares of state energy firm … Continue reading →

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We all live in a Brazilian submarine

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Everybody sing! “Brazilian submarine, Brazilian submarine…” And our friends are all on board; many more of them live next door. And the band begins to play… This month’s discovery of a monster offshore oil reserve justifies Brazil’s plan to build … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: Who you callin’ ugly?

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Well, I guess if he calls himself ugly, it must be okay for Reuters to do it too. (The “quotation marks” make it all right, you know.) Hugo Chavez calls himself ugly and his looks earned him the nickname “Goofy” … Continue reading →

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So nice to know so little has changed!

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Oh Brazil. I thought this sort of thing was supposed to have ended…in 1888! More than 1,000 labourers have been freed in Brazil by the government’s anti-slavery team. They were said to be working in inhumane conditions on a sugar … Continue reading →

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Brazilian women say “Nao” to Bush’s ethanol scheme

Posted on April 3, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Are you listening, Lula?(Video originally seen on Aporrea, courtesy of TVColetiva Brazil. Portuguese only, but it’s easy to tell what’s going on.)There were about 900 women at this demo, according to Aporrea. This was a serious one. But entirely peaceful, … Continue reading →

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Scared shitless of success

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Big, bad, brave Dubya–whatta man. He’s so not afraid of Chavecito that when asked about him by a reporter, he does what any red-blooded gringo cowboy would do… …he dodges the question in the hope that no one will notice … Continue reading →