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Stand up for Democracy and Social Progress in Brazil
Why are Brazil’s political, social and environmental crises being ignored by so much of the international media, asks COLIN BURGON
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
BRAZIL has been going through tumultuous times since the elected president Dilma Rousseff was removed over 15 months ago by an illegitimate impeachment process that was widely condemned internationally as a coup.
But whether the crises are political, social or environmental, they always seem to be ignored by much media coverage on Latin America.
It seems that the media is more interested in backing up US President Donald Trump’s attempts to force regime change in countries with left-wing governments than the anti-democratic manoeuvres and hard-line neoliberal economics of much of the region’s right wing.
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