Tag: Augusto Zimmermann

Corruption? No Big Deal! That’s the Way Things Are Done In Brazil

The present problem of corruption involving the Lula administration finds its roots in the ...

Let’s Hope Brazil’s Corruption Has Hindered Plans for a ‘Democratic Dictatorship’

The fact that the Lula da Silva administration has been reportedly involved in numerous ...

In Brazilian Doublespeak Tyranny Is Democracy and Vice Versa

It would be no mistake if someone argued that most of the Brazilian intellectuals ...

200,000 Children in Brazil Are Learning from Mao’s Red Book

Leornardo Boff, a former Catholic friar and the ‘father’ of liberation theology in Brazil, ...

1964, a Military Coup Brazilians Loved

Following the fortieth anniversary of the military coup which deposed the government of João ...

No Job, Low Pay, Slavery: All in a Day’s Work in Brazil

In regard to the rights of the working people, Brazil has a Constitution which ...

Women in Brazil: So Protected Still So Abused

Women are granted by the Brazilian Constitution with an impressive quantity of ‘fundamental’ rights. ...

Landless and Lawless in Brazil

The Constitution of Brazil declares that everybody in this country has the right to ...

Brazil: When Judges Go Beyond and Above the Law

The last days of the military regime (1964-1985) coincided with an incredible rise of ...