Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced Thursday to 27 years and three months in prison after the country’s Supreme Court convicted him of plotting a coup to cling to power following his 2022 election loss. The ruling marked the first time in Brazil’s history that a former president has …
Read More »With Echoes of Jan. 6, Thousands of Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Presidential Offices
Julia Conley, Common Dreams Brazil on Sunday faced “its own January 6,” one progressive journalist said as thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the presidential offices and the nation’s Congress in Brasilia a week after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula, was sworn …
Read More »U.S. Announces Plan To Share 55 Million COVID-19 Doses Overseas
The White House announced plans on Monday for the remaining 55 million doses out of the 80 million COVID-19 vaccines they pledged to have allocated by the end of June. President Joe Biden pledged to distribute 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of the month, but the White …
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