The New York TimesMar. 6, 2023 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Ler em português | Leer en español SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It reads like science fiction. In 93 pages, the text sketches out a strange future. In 2027, there’s a new pandemic, caused by the “Xvirus.” A year later, war breaks out between the […]
Posts Tagged ‘military dictatorship’
There’s a Menace Hanging Over Brazil
Posted: 18th março 2023 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: Adam Przeworski, Argentina, bauxite wars, covid-19, Defense Ministry, Heráclito Sobral Pinto, Jair Bolsonaro, military, military dictatorship, torture
Brazil at the Crossroads
Posted: 18th março 2023 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York Review of BooksTags: Amazon rainforest, Brazil, Consuelo Dieguez, democracy, elections, Fábio Victor, fake news, Jair Bolsonaro, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, military, military dictatorship, Oliver Stuenkel, redemocratization, right-wing, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, The Chaos Machine
Lula’s election comes as a relief to many Brazilians, but in this historically violent and unequal country, a void in the democratic field endures. New York Review of BooksFebruary 23, 2023 issue by Vanessa Barbara A truism for our times: a story doesn’t need to be factual to go viral. In June 2020, not long […]
In Brazil, a New Nostalgia for Military Dictatorship
Posted: 2nd maio 2016 by Vanessa Barbara in New York TimesTags: Brazil, Brilhante Ustra, censorship, Jair Bolsonaro, military dictatorship, military rule, repression, torture
The New York Times May 1st, 2016 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — “They lost in 1964, and now they have lost in 2016,” Jair Bolsonaro, a conservative congressman, said during the April 17 session when the lower house voted to move ahead with the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff. With these words […]
Brazil’s Red-Scare nostalgia
Posted: 3rd dezembro 2014 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: Dilma Rousseff, impeachment, military dictatorship, mortadella, right wing
The International New York Times Dec 4th, 2014 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Last month, more than 142,000 Brazilians signed a petition on the White House website. They asked President Obama to take a stand against the “Bolivarian Communist expansion in Brazil promoted by the administration of Dilma Rousseff.” She […]
