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Supporters of Workers' Party presidential candidate Fernando Haddad embrace in disappointment after rival Jair Bolsonaro was declared the winner in the presidential runoff election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday
BRAZILIAN Communists called for a broad unity to defend democracy today following the election of far-right Jair Bolsonaro as the country’s president.
The Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) warned of a new political period in Brazil, with Mr Bolsonaro’s presidency marking a threat to democracy and the rights of the people.
Mr Bolsonaro will try to “establish a dictatorial government, implementing iron and fire, an ultraliberal and neocolonial programme,” the party cautioned.
Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
