Brazil news

• Bolsonaro allies nearly launched military coup in 2022, police report says

  26-11-2024 22:48
  
  Senior Brazil military figures backed plot to seize power after Bolsonaro’s election defeat, federal documents allegeBrazil came within a whisker of a far-right military coup and the assassination of a supreme court judge just days before President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took power in January 2023, a federal police report has claimed.The report about the alleged plot to help the rightwing populist Jair Bolsonaro cling to power was made public on Tuesday, and paints a chilling por
  
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• Netflix series tells story of Brazil’s notorious police massacre of street children

  26-11-2024 12:30
  
  In 1993 police killed eight young people sleeping outside a church in what became known as the Candelária massacreFor some inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro, the most significant cross of the city’s most famous church, Nossa Senhora da Candelária, does not sit on the altar or atop the grand baroque church built in 1775, but outside.In front of the Candelária church, a wooden cross about 2m (6.5ft) tall bears eight plaques with names. Continue reading...
  
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• Power Alley (Levante) review – Brazilian volleyball teen finds support in Bolsonaro-era nightmare

  26-11-2024 08:00
  
  A star player gets pregnant and is harassed by the religious right in this tense and engaging filmBrazilian film-maker Lillah Halla has created a punchy drama about sisterhood and queer solidarity in the face of bigoted Bolsonaro-era attitudes. It’s an engaging watch, but it’s let down a bit by the convenient ending facilitated by a slightly unfocused melodramatic finale.The setting is São Paulo, where a youth volleyball team is poised to win a championship. The star player is
  
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