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Brazil’s Supreme Court Is Hiring Contractors To Monitor Social Media and Track Dissenters
Brazil’s Supreme Court Is Hiring Contractors To Monitor Social Media and Track Dissenters Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court (STF) has turned to contractors to keep an eye on social media and smoke out main critics – including by identifying them, and their location. Other judicial institutions that are said to have contracts of a similar nature […]
Four die of leptospirosis, Brazil authorities warn of other diseases following floods
Four die of leptospirosis, Brazil authorities warn of other diseases following floods São Paulo, Brazil – Four people have died from leptospirosis in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state, which has been hit with heavy rains and flooding since the beginning of May. The victims were all men, aged between 33 and 67, who lived […]
Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit south
Brazil authorities warn of more floods, landslides as new rains hit south Nearly 140 people have been killed so far Katiane Mello (R) leaves her flooded home in a boat navigating a street in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Photo: AFP New rains in waterlogged southern Brazil are expected to be […]
‘Desperate’ rescues under way as Brazil floods kill 90, displace thousands
‘Desperate’ rescues under way as Brazil floods kill 90, displace thousands Thousands in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state lack water and electricity as floodwaters inundate entire towns. Rescuers are rushing to evacuate people stranded by floodwaters across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, where at least 90 people have been killed and […]
Floods and flooding ‘will be part of our lives,’ says Brazilian architect and urbanist
Floods and flooding ‘will be part of our lives,’ says Brazilian architect and urbanist The climate crisis has increased the number of extreme disasters Civilians help with rescues in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, in the floods that hit the state. Photo by Alex Rocha/PMPA, used with permission Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of […]
‘Desperate’ rescues under way as Brazil floods kill 90, displace thousands
‘Desperate’ rescues under way as Brazil floods kill 90, displace thousands Thousands in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state lack water and electricity as floodwaters inundate entire towns. Rescuers are rushing to evacuate people stranded by floodwaters across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, where at least 90 people have been killed and […]
Brazil’s AG and Supreme Court Reportedly Consider Shutting Down Access To X
Brazil’s AG and Supreme Court Reportedly Consider Shutting Down Access To X Brazil’s Attorney General and Supreme Federal Court are exploring drastic measures after getting called out for censorship demands. According to reports out of Brazil, the country’s attorney general, Jorge Messias, and the Supreme Federal Court (STF) are trying to find a way to […]
Brazil Targets Twitter Files Author Who Revealed Censorship Orders
Brazil Targets Twitter Files Author Who Revealed Censorship Orders Brazil’s Attorney General claims his Twitter Files coverage amounts to a “probable crime” against the state, a charge the journalist vehemently denies. Twitter Files journalist Michael Shellenberger, who has recently been covering the public clash between X owner Elon Musk and the President of Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court […]
Xi, Putin Hail First BRICS Expansion In Over A Decade As Gulf Oil Powers Join
Xi, Putin Hail First BRICS Expansion In Over A Decade As Gulf Oil Powers Join At a moment China and Russia have envisioned the future of BRICS as fundamentally an anti-Western bloc of developing nations, the Gulf oil powers Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been formally invited to become members, which marks the bloc’s first expansion […]
Brazil Censorship Regime: Popular Podcaster Monark Criminally Investigated and Fined $75,000 For Online Speech
Brazil Censorship Regime: Popular Podcaster Monark Criminally Investigated and Fined $75,000 For Online Speech Troubling news from Brazil. One of Brazil’s most popular podcasters, Monark (real name Bruno Monteiro Aiub), is under criminal investigation and has received a fine equivalent to $75,000 for his online conduct. Critics of the authority’s behavior here – like Brazil-based […]
BRICS Nations Developing “New Currency” as Quest for Global De-Dollarization Accelerates
BRICS Nations Developing “New Currency” as Quest for Global De-Dollarization Accelerates China and Brazil recently finalized a trade deal in their own currencies completely bypassing the dollar, but that’s not the only bad news for the world’s reserve currency. Last week, a Russian official announced that the BRICS nations are working to develop a “new currency,” […]
Russia And China Officially Announce A “New Global Reserve Currency”
Russia And China Officially Announce A “New Global Reserve Currency” And once again, as happens often with consequential news in the United States and the West, no one has noticed and no one seems to care. If you’ve blinked over the last month, you may have missed it… China and Russia are taking their shot […]
World War III Has Already Started, and It’s an Economic War
World War III Has Already Started, and It’s an Economic War Image © Chekov_UA. All rights reserved. In an article I published in April of 2018, World War III Will Be An Economic War, I outlined a number of factors that portend a large scale conflict between East and West and why this war would be mainly […]
Exactly Which Dystopian Novel Are We Living In?
Exactly Which Dystopian Novel Are We Living In? There’s a debate going on among the disaffected/terrified over which dystopian novel we’re now living in. As John Rubino remarks, some point to social media addiction and designer drugs to suggest Brave New World. Others see mass surveillance and pandemic lockdowns as putting us squarely in 1984. Still others cite […]
