Tag: army
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 Parades Smoke-Spewing Aging Tanks and Puts Nation to Shame
The clouds of dark exhaust spewing from aging tanks and amphibious vehicles rolling past ...
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 ...
Paralyzed, Brazil Enters Eighth Day as Hostage of Truck Drivers
Brazil should start this Monday a new week and the eight day with a ...
Marielle’s Murder in Rio Is Also a Blow to Those Fighting for Better Times
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece for DemocraciaAbierta, following this year’s ...
Other Violent Brazilian Cities May Be Taken Over by the Army like Rio
Brazilian leaders said that the use of the military to combat rising violence in ...
Brazil Gives Up Reforming Social Security Under Popular Pressure
The Political Affairs Minister Carlos Marun said today that the bill intended to overhaul ...
Army and Indians Work Together to Protect Brazil’s Borders
Since its founding in 1648, the Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese) has maintained a ...
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 ...
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 ...
