Tag: Armed Forces
60 Years After the Military Coup Brazil´s Democracy Keeps Traits of Authoritarianism
The Brazilian transition from the civil-military dictatorship to the New Republic in the 1990s ...
Top Military Men of Bolsonaro Throw Ex-President Under the Bus Over a Coup d’État
Two former Brazilian military commanders said former President Jair Bolsonaro discussed a possible coup ...
Brazil President’s Courtship with a Coup Leads to Mass Resignation of Armed Forces Heads
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday accepted the resignations of the current heads of the ...
Meet Brazil’s Jungle Warriors, Ready to Survive and Fight Under the Amazon Trees
On September 20th, 86 students in the Jungle Operations Course (COS, per its Portuguese ...
13 Years Later, After Contributing 37,000 Troops, Brazil Is Ready to Leave Haiti
After 13 years of operations and numerous announcements about the closure date, the Brazilian ...
Can’t Maintain Order? In Brazil They Call the Army
Brazil’s military is getting a serious workout these days. The authorities have recently deployed ...
In Brazil, Bloody Police Strike Goes On in Espírito Santo and Spreads to Rio
Despite an announcement by the government that the state of Espírito Santos, in southeastern ...
End of Chaos. After 127 Murders, Brazil Police Call Off Week-long Strike
After a week of total chaos that left more than 120 people dead, the ...
Army Takes Over State in Brazil After Police Strike Causes Over 100 Deaths
The government of Espírito Santo state, in southeastern Brazil, in the midst of chaos ...
35,000 Troops Guard Brazil’s Frontiers. Most Are in the Amazon
Drug seizures are not infrequent in Brazil’s Amazon region. In early January alone, the ...
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