Genocídio: Bolsonaro's Neoliberal Agenda & Brazil's Ghosts Of Future Past / Brian Mier
Brian Mier, co-editor at Brasil Wire and correspondent at teleSUR English, returns to the podcast to detail some of the most prominent and pressing issues facing Brazil today, much of which was documented in the recently released Redfish documentary ‘Dismantling Brazil: Bolsonaro's Neoliberal Agenda,’ which he co-produced.
So much has happened in Brazilian politics since I interviewed Brian last year, just as the consequences of the pandemic was beginning to press down on us. This interview covers a great deal of the most dramatic and important developments in Brazilian politics since then, including: neo-fascist president Jair Bolsonaro's purposefully negligent and genocidal response to the coronavirus pandemic (https://bit.ly/3fgmKKu); the Bolsonaro family's direct connection to the US Capitol siege on January 6th (https://bit.ly/3sww28Y); the Bolsonaro administration's neoliberal economic agenda since taking office, resituating Brazil as a colonial subject to the United States and Western interests (https://bit.ly/2QDnsag); the ongoing controversy surrounding the Lava Jato investigation (Operation Car Wash) and the US's direct involvement in what was effectively a "lawfare" coup (https://bit.ly/31pqp0v); and what the future of Brazil looks like now that former president Lula da Silva may run for president again in 2022 after a recent Supreme Court ruling dismissing him of all Lava Jato related charges. (https://bit.ly/31r4O7L)
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Bio:
Brian Mier is a writer, geographer and development professional who has lived in Brazil for 22 years. He is a former directorate member of the Fórum Nacional de Reforma Urbana (National Urban Reform Forum), and has lived in São Luis, Recife, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. He is co-editor at Brasil Wire and correspondent for teleSur English's news program From the South, and is the author/co-editor with Daniel Hunt of ‘Year of Lead: Washington, Wall Street and the New Imperialism in Brazil.’
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Learn more about Brian and his work at Brasil Wire and FAIR, and support his work on Patreon
Watch the Redfish documentary Dismantling Brazil: Bolsonaro's Neoliberal Agenda
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