• 26 April 2017 | Interviews | Coup d´Etat in Brazil

  

  MST and peasant organizations continue under attack

  Movement of people affected by dams explains social mobilization in Brazil in the context of Temer´s administration

  "We consider this government is a neo-fascist one and together with popular movements, workers and unions throughout Brazil we will paralyze the country demanding democracy and direct elections for a new administration now", said Tatiana Paulino, member of the Movement of People Affected by Dams in an interview with Real World Radio. Read more

• 20 January 2017 | News | Coup d´Etat in Brazil

  

  Tragedy

  Brazilian judge overseeing main investigations on corruption in the country dies in airplane crash

  Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki died this afternoon in an airplane crash in Paraty municipality, Rio de Janeiro State. Zavascki was following Lava Jato, the operation by the Brazilian Federal Police that started in 2014 and that is investigating corruption and money laundering cases, among other crimes, involving political and business actors. Read more

• 4 November 2016 | Videos | Coup d´Etat in Brazil | Monitoring transnationals

  

  Dilma Rousseff in Montevideo

  Massive demonstration at key moment of Continental Day

  Thousands of people mobilized this Friday in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, called by the national central union PITCNT in the framework of the Continental Day for Democracy and Against Neoliberalism. The main speaker at the event was Brazilian elected president, Dilma Rousseff. Watch video

• 21 September 2016 | Photo Galleries | Coup d´Etat in Brazil | Monitoring transnationals | Continental Day against Neoliberalism

  

  Montevideo: European Union FTAs under discussion in parallel to EuroLat session

  Real World Radio presents a photo gallery of the International Seminar “European Union FTAs under discussion” that took place on Monday at the official building of the Legislative Branch in Montevideo, Uruguay. The Seminar gathered progressive European and Latin American MPs, representatives of social movements and organizations of the region with the goal to analyze the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) of the European Union with MERCOSUR, Central American countries, Mexico and Andean countries. See gallery

• 14 June 2016 | News | Coup d´Etat in Brazil | Land grabbing

  

  MST of Brazil occupied and stopped activities of cellulose giant in Bahia State

  Approximately 1400 members of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) occupied on Monday a factory of Suzano Papel e Celulose, in Mucuri municipality, Bahia state. Read more

• 19 May 2016 | Interviews | Coup d´Etat in Brazil

  

  Interview with Anderson Amaro of the Small Farmers Movement of Brazil (MPA) about the coup and the first steps of Temer as coup leader

  Anderson Amaro, leader of the Small Farmers Movement of Brazil (MPA) analyzed the first steps of the interim President after the coup d´Etat perpetrated through judicial proceedings against President Dilma Roussef. He also highlighted the huge damage which the elimination of ministries such as the Agrarian Development, Racial Equality and Human Rights ministries will cause. Read more

• 17 May 2016 | Interviews | Coup d´Etat in Brazil | Mano a Mano

  

  "This coup affects social movements of all Latin America and the Caribbean"

  Francisca Rodríguez (ANAMURI-CLOC Vía Campesina Chile) analyzes effects of the coup in Brazil

  As a "bitter awakening" with so much anguish and the belief that the transnational capital, the corporate media and the political right-wing have obtained a significant victory; this is how Chilean peasant leader Francisca "Pancha" Rodríguez described the day after the removal of Dilma Roussef as President of Brazil in the framework of an impeachment. Read more

• 11 May 2016 | Interviews | Coup d´Etat in Brazil

  

  "Occupy Everything"

  Assessment of a day of struggle: The voices of the social movements at the verge of a possible institutional breakdown in Brazil

  This Wednesday, May 11, the Brazilian Senate will finally decide whether or not to start an impeachment against President Dilma Rousseff. If confirmed, Dilma would be removed from office for 180 days at the most while an investigation is carried out, which shall be the basis of the decision to remove her permanently. Meanwhile, the Brazilian social movements have been carrying out marches, mobilizations, they are occupying public institutions demanding improvements in public policies, to investigate the cases of corruption involving members of the political right-wing and mainly against the ongoing coup. Read more

• 9 May 2016 | Interviews | Criminalization of COPINH | Coup d´Etat in Brazil | Free Honduras | Land grabbing | International Peoples´ Meeting “Berta Cáceres Lives on” | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!

  

  "A coup d´Etat disguised as impeachment"

  Interview with María José da Costa of the Small Farmers Movement of Brazil

  "It is incredible the clarity there is today in Brazil about the class struggle, about the fact that there is a "coup media party": Rede Globo. We need to take advantage of this moment to discuss, to raise awareness, to build capacities. We are going through a storm. But this storm will pass because the Brazilian people is fighting against it, it is defending democracy". Read more

• 3 April 2016 | Videos | Coup d´Etat in Brazil

  

  Mobilizations in Uruguay in solidarity with the Brazilian people

  In several cities of the 27 Brazilian States and approximately 24 capital cities at global level, social movements and organizations mobilized in solidarity with the Brazilian people, chanting “Não vai ter golpe!” ("There will be no coup") The date is not a coincidence. In addition to being part of the agenda of resistance against coup attempts against the government led by Dilma Rousseff, March 31st marked the 52nd anniversary of the last coup d´etat perpetrated in that country. Watch video

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