WHITE SUPREMACY IS A GLOBAL INSTITUTION

BRAZIL
Blacks Are The Most Stopped by The Police in Rio in any Situation, Says Survey

Blacks and browns represent 48% of the carioca population, but 63% of the people stopped by agents

Feb.16.2022 

On the street, on the beach, in the car, on public transport, on the motorcycle, in the taxi, at the party. No matter the situation, Blacks are the group most stopped by police officers in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and also those who suffer the most abuse or embarrassment on these occasions, a new survey has concluded. Blacks and browns represent 48% of the population of Rio, but 63% of people say they have already been stopped for a search, points out the report "Suspicious Element," released this Tuesday (15) by the Center for Security and Citizenship Studies (Cesec) from the Candido Mendes University.

For the survey, the Datafolha Institute spoke to 3,500 people at "flow points" in the capital from May 4 to 6, 2021, of which 39% said they had already been approached by agents. Among these, a sample of 739 respondents was chosen, representative of the municipality. Then, for a qualitative step, the researchers talked to groups made up of young favela residents, young white people, delivery men, app drivers, women and military police.

Sought to comment on the results, the Rio de Janeiro Military Police, responsible for the vast majority of these actions, replied that "there is no racial bias in its performance and its mission to combat armed criminals" and that it follows strict protocols of action.


Translated by Kiratiana Freelon

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FASCIST INTERNATIONALE

Bolsonaro Calls Orbán His Brother, Uses Fascist Motto and Suggests Influence over Putin

On an impromptu trip to Hungary, the president visits icon of the European extreme right


Feb.18.2022 1
Igor Gielow

In a quick speech during his impromptu trip to Hungary, President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) displayed all the credentials that place him as a member of the league of populist leaders on the spectrum of the global nationalist right. During a statement to the press, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the country's strongman since 2010, called "my brother given the affinities" and celebrated "values ​​that we represent, which can be summarized in four words: God, homeland, family and freedom."

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (R) and Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro hug after giving a joint press conference on February 17, 2022 in Budapest, Hungary.

 (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP) - AFP

It's not the first time he's used the motto, which has its roots in Italian fascism of the 1920s and 1930s. It was adopted by Brazilian fascists of the Integralist Action and by the longest-running European dictatorship of the 20th century, which António de Oliveira Salazar commanded from 1933 to 1974 in Portugal. Bolsonaro has not diplomatically called the country of nearly 10 million people Brazil's "little big brother."

The Brazilian once again insisted on a lie suggested by him and successfully shared on Bolsonarist social networks, with a fake video, that he influenced Vladimir Putin, the Russian president he had visited the day before in Moscow, to decide to take out parts of the troops surrounding Ukraine.

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5-Year-Old Brazilian Boy Becomes Asteroid Hunter and Wins Honors

Miro also created a clubhouse to help colleagues interested in projects that save the world


Feb.21.2022 

It is possible that, one day, an asteroid unknowingly collides with our planet, Earth, and… BOOM! It would be the end of humans and many other species. This is how countless dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago. How to prevent this from happening? If you ask 5-year-old Miro Latansio Tsai that question, he knows exactly where to start: you need to hunt for asteroids! And Miro is a notorious asteroid hunter!

Miro has always been passionate about nature, space, science and math, says his mother, lawyer Carla. At the age of 2, he already knew the names of all the planets in the Solar System (do you remember all of them?). At 4, Miro drew a picture of the Big Bang and the expansion of the Universe. He recently watched the classic "Cosmos" series from the 1980s, hosted by astronomer Carl Sagan, and learned even more, from supernovas to black holes.

SÃO PAULO,SP, 18.02.2022 - Miro Latansio Tsai

 (Foto: Vanessa Carvalho/Brazil Photo Press)

Carla and Jack, Miro's father and business administrator, asked his son if he wanted to take advantage of the time at home, at the beginning of the pandemic, to participate in some projects open to the public of NASA, the American special agency, of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Innovations from Brazil, which today is headed by astronaut Marcos Pontes, and from the IASC, an acronym for International Astronomical Search Collaboration.

One of these projects was precisely the Asteroid Hunt, in which people from all over the world pore over computer images in search of space boulders. "I use the [computer] program Astrometrica to analyze the images, which come from the [Pan-Starrs] telescope in Hawaii," said Miro. By carefully looking at sequences of space images, it is possible, from time to time, to identify small points that appear to be moving — it could be an asteroid! "You have to train, and have a good vision, to be able to find the asteroid, and be patient", explains the space hunter. Miro has already found 15 objects.

Translated by Kiratiana Freelon

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Biden Uses Trump Health Rule to Deport Brazilian Children from US

Measure imposed by the Republican continues to be used to deal with irregular immigrants

Feb.22.2022 
Raquel Lopes
BRASÍLIA

A health rule that limits the entry of illegal immigrants into the US is now being used by the US government against Brazilians as well.

The measure streamlines the process to send back, on flights of deportees, those who try to cross the border to live in the country illegally.

Known as Title 42 and treated as a public health order, the order was introduced under Donald Trump in March 2020.

The rule has since cited a "serious concern about the introduction of Covid into the US" as a justification for the immediate expulsion of people who try to enter the country in violation of travel restrictions or illegally.

The same rule began to be applied against Brazilian travelers in October 2021.

Those who follow the theme see a direct relationship between Title 42 and January 26, when Brazil received a flight with 211 deported Brazilians. Of these, 90 were minors, including children up to 10 years old.

Although he took over the White House with a promise to implement a more humane approach to immigration, Joe Biden has continued to embrace his predecessor's health rules.

Translated by Kiratiana Freelon

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BRAZIL SOCIAL APARTHEID
With No Street Carnival, Revelry Is Restricted to Those Who Can Pay for Private Parties

Closed event programming and expensive tickets proliferate Carnival this year

Feb.24.2022 
Mariana Zylberkan
SÃO PAULO

For the second Carnival amid the Covid pandemic, sanitary restrictions in large cities have created what popular culture scholars and block organizers are classifying as a social apartheid.

They criticize what they call "selective cancellation," which, in practice, defines who has and who does not have the right to revelry.

The recent advance of the ômicron variant, which created an upward curve of infected people, caused the city halls of the main carnival destinations in the country to suspend the street carnival, which attracts crowds to the streets.

On the other hand, the advancement of immunization and the creation of the vaccine passport have allowed closed parties to proliferate, as long as health protocols are followed.

According to the São Paulo City Hall, during street carnival there would be no way to demand and inspect proof of vaccination against Covid.

Asked about how the inspection of private parties will be carried out, the city hall said that Sanitary Surveillance agents carry out actions daily.

Tickets for Carnival parties reach R$700 in cities such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Belo Horizonte.

Bolsonaro Uses Possible Russian Fertilizer Shortage to Defend Mining on Indigenous Lands

Government fears impact of fertilizer shortage on agriculture and inflationary pressure

Mar.3.2022 

President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) used this Wednesday (2) the possible shortage of fertilizers caused by the war in Ukraine to defend mining in indigenous lands. "In 2016, as a deputy, I spoke about our dependence on potassium from Russia. I mentioned three problems: environmental, indigenous and who owned the exploratory right at the mouth of the Madeira River (there are also deposits in other regions of the country)," Bolsonaro wrote in a statement on Twitter.

Russia is the world's second largest producer of potash and accounts for about 19% of the international market.

"Our Bill No. 191 of 2020, 'allows the exploitation of mineral, water and organic resources in indigenous lands'. Once passed, one of these problems is solved," the president said. "With the Russia/Ukraine war, today we run the risk of a lack of potassium or an increase in its price. Our food security and agribusiness (economy) demand from us, Executive and Legislative, measures that allow us to not be externally dependent on something we have in abundance" With the outbreak of conflict in Eastern Europe, concern about the possible lack of fertilizers - also nitrogen and phosphate - entered the Bolsonaro government's radar. Russia is an important exporter of these products. In 2021, 62% of the total imported by Brazil from Russia was fertilizers or chemical fertilizers (in the equivalent of US$ 3.5 billion).

Despite Bolsonaro's speech, experts in the sector point to problems in the president's proposal. They say that, although the possible incidence of potassium in the Amazon has been recorded for decades, it is in conditions of difficult extraction. The extraction activity in the Amazon would lead to great environmental damage.

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ARYAN INTERNATIONALISM

Putin Guru Aleksandr Dugin Has Followers in Brazil and Is A Bossa Nova Fan

Political scientist seen as an ideologue of the Russian president in the war in Ukraine has already come to the country and speaks Portuguese

Mar.3.2022

Philosopher and political scientist Aleksandr Dugin, 60, is one of the main theorists who inspired President Vladimir Putin to expand Russian presence in neighboring countries, and he has a legion of followers in Brazil and diverse ties to the country. Called by many "Putin's ideologue" and compared in influence to the Brazilian Olavo de Carvalho, Dugin has come to Brazil twice, speaks Portuguese, founded a study center in São Paulo and is an admirer of MPB, bossa nova and Brazilian literature. He likes Ariano Suassuna, Darcy Ribeiro and Vinicius de Moraes.

Aleksandr Dugin. (Foto: Dídimo Matos)

The Russian is the creator of the Fourth Political Theory, in which he defends an alternative to the three ideologies that dominated the 20th century: liberalism, communism and fascism. According to his proposal, formulated in a 2009 book, the main subject of history would be the people, not the individual or the State. In the European context, it is reflected in "Eurasianism", the expansion of Moscow's presence to all regions of historical influence of the Russian people — no matter if they belong to other sovereign countries, such as Ukraine.

In an interview with Folha in 2014, Dugin stated that Ukraine is an "artificially created failed state."

That year, he came to Brazil for a seminar on the ideas of the philosopher Julius Evola (1898-1974), considered one of the theorists of Italian neo-fascism.

Translated by Kiratiana Freelon

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Olavo de Carvalho - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olavo_de_Carvalho

Olavo Luiz Pimentel de Carvalho GCRB (29 April 1947 – 24 January 2022) was a Brazilian polemicist, self-proclaimed philosopher, political pundit, former astrologer, journalist, and far-right conspiracy theorist. From 2005 till his death, he lived near Richmond, Virginia in the United States

Julius Evola - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Evola

Giulio Cesare Andrea Evola , better known as Julius Evola, was an Italian philosopher, poet, and painter whose esoteric worldview featured antisemitic conspiracy theories and the occult. He has been described as a "fascist intellectual", a "radical traditionalist", "antiegalitarian, antiliberal,

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Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin (Russian: Александр Гельевич Дугин; born 7 January 1962) is a Russian philosopher, professor, political analyst and strategist. He was the main organizer of the National Bolshevik Party, National Bolshevik Front, and the Eurasia Party. He also served as an advisor to the State Duma speaker Gennadiy Seleznyov^[5] and a leading member of the ruling United Russia party, Sergey Naryshkin.^[6] Dugin is the author of more than 30 books, among them Foundations of Geopolitics (1997) and The Fourth Political Theory (2009). He espouses an ultranationalist, neo-fascist ideology based on his idea of Neo-Eurasianism.^[7]

MACHISMO MISOGYNY NSFW

Brazilian Deputy Travels to A War Zone and States that Women in Ukraine Are Easy because They Are Poor

The politician and Youtuber (@Mama Falei) have shown concerns regarding the consequences of his speech, according to parliament members


Mar.4.2022 
Bianka Vieira

SÃO PAULO

The MBL (Free Brazil Movement) summit is analyzing this Friday (4th) a series of sexist audio messages allegedly sent by state deputy Arthur do Val (Podemos-SP), @Mamãe Falei, during his trip to Ukraine.

In the audio messages, the pre-candidate for the Governor position in São Paulo would have stated that Ukrainian women are "easy" to get because they are poor - and that you can find more beautiful women in the line of refugees at the war zone than in some of the "best clubs in Brazil".

Arthur do Val is currently on a flight back to Brazil, according to the MBL, who also stated not having managed to get in touch with Arthur and that this is why he hasn't yet issued any comment on the subject. At least one deputy from the São Paulo Legislative Assembly, however, claims to have talked to him about the matter. Arthur would have expressed concerns regarding the consequences of his speech, according to the same parliamentarian.

In one of the audio messages attributed to Arthur, several statements are made regarding the beauty of Ukrainian women, who he calls "goddesses". "Bro, I'm sick. I'm sick. I'm over now, there are four customs barriers. There are two little houses in each country. Brother, I swear to you, I counted: there were 12 goddesses of police officers. Goddesses", says one of them. "Four of them were chicks who you'd be like... Bro, I can't even tell you. If she took a shit, you'd wipe her ass with your tongue. Unbelievable. Unbelievable, man. As soon as this war is over, I'm coming back here.", the recording continues.

"They look at me [Arthur] and, let me tell you: they're easy because they're poor. And here, man, my Instagram letter, full of subscribers, works great. It works great. I'll tell the story later in detail", he says.

The deputy announced that he was in Europe accompanying Renan Santos, one of the leaders of the MBL (Free Brazil Movement), to monitor the conflict. Despite all the difficulties of transit within the country, currently, at war, the two claimed to have managed to enter Ukraine.

"Renan goes on a trip every year. It's just that in the last three years he couldn't do it. He calls it his 'tour de blond'. What does he do? He travels to countries with the sole purpose of hooking up with blondes." The hotel receptionist hit on me here I... My God. I said: 'It's not possible that this is happening. It's a lie, it's a movie, it's not possible. And that's it, right? And these poorer cities, they are the best", he concludes.

Arthur do Val supposedly also claimed that he didn't "hook up with anyone" during his expedition to the country at war, but that he is already planning to buy his air ticket to Eastern Europe for 2023. "I'm 35 years old, man, I've never lived this. I didn't even hook up with anyone here, I didn't hook up with anyone here, but just the feeling of knowing that I could do that and feel like someone... Anyway, you already know, right?[laughs]. I'm already buying my ticket to Eastern Europe next year, as soon as I arrive in São Paulo", he says.

"I've never in my life, never, never seen anything like that in terms of beauty in a girl. The refugee line, brother, l don't know... Dude, really, I'm lost for words. Picture a line of 200 meters or more, like that, filled only goddesses", he says. "If you wait in line at the best nightclub in Brazil, the absolute best, at the best time of the year, you don't get even close to the level of beauty found in the refugee line here."

Translated by Cassy Dias

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About: Free Brazil Movement

https://live.dbpedia.org/resource/Free_Brazil_Movement

Free Brazil Movement (MBL, Portuguese: Movimento Brasil Livre) is a Brazilian conservative and economically liberal movement founded in 2014. Initially a ramification of the Brazilian 

BRAZIL

Election of Black Women Doesn't Just Benefit Black Women, Says Political Scientist

Tainah Pereira says it is necessary to remove the idea that electing black people to public office is identitarianism

Mar.7.2022 
Tayguara Ribeiro

SÃO PAULO

Although black women are the largest demographic group in the country and represent 28% of the Brazilian population, they are underrepresented in political office.

In the Chamber and Senate, for example, there are only 14 black parliamentarians, which corresponds to just over 2% of the seats in the National Congress.

To try to change this reality, the Mulheres Negras Decidem (Black Women Decide) Movement emerged in 2018. It is currently coordinated by political scientist Tainah Pereira, 28.

"We are committed to having a more sophisticated debate on the issue of identities. To remove from the media this idea that the election of black people, the election of LGBTQIA+ people has to do with identity or with making policies only for that social group," he says.

The project promotes meetings to discuss the functioning of the political system, debates and training spaces.

In addition to supporting the candidacies of black women in elections for positions in Congress and the Executive, Mulheres Negras Decidem also supports the participation of black women in disputes for positions in several other spaces, such as tutelary councils.

Translated by Kiratiana Freelon

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Reporter, Endangered Species

Current journalism opens up many possibilities, even that of extinction

Mar.3.2022 

OMBUDSMAN, FOLHA, BRAZIL

Troops move in Europe. CNN 24 hours a day. The Gulf War comes to mind, when the American broadcaster, in an unprecedented feat, covered the conflict live. The memory should have been just Bernard Shaw and Peter Arnett bowing their heads at the time of the bombs, but the truth is that there were late nights of unedited material, broadcast without narration or explanation. Ambient sound and image, raw journalism. On one of those long nights, one of the first American pilots to land after combat states matter-of-factly: "Very exciting, it felt like a football game." I never forgot that phrase, it was so absurd. Years later, as a journalist, I quoted him in a Super Bowl presentation.

War correspondents are on the front lines again, lowering their heads and raising facts. CNN, TVs, agencies, websites and newspapers around the world dodge bombs, sabotaged internet and Russian censorship to inform what is happening in Ukraine. The difference now is that they share attention with millions, not to say billions of other so-called reporters and analysts. In BBB Brazil, the first news of the invasion, according to Folha, was the profile Choquei, whose credential is to add more than 1.3 million followers on Twitter. He put aside the reality show coverage, until then his specialty, to start a frenzied series of posts about the conflict.

In the midst of the torrent, on Thursday (24), there was a reproduction of a Folha headline: "Most Brazilians would fight for the country in case of war, according to Datafolha." There was no link, but the news exists, albeit old and just a hypothetical question, unrelated to any event. Just before, the profile made an alert: "Explosions in Chernobyl." Just that sentence. Then another dry piece of information: "Fire hits building on Avenida Paulista." In the sequence, a little borrowed opinion, but with video: "Craque Neto says that Putin, president of Russia, has to die."

Those who followed the news in the last few days saw a lot of nonsense and fake news. Even serious broadcasters used game scenes to illustrate the screen while the reviewer was talking about Putin. The clash, no pun intended, of social networks with professional journalism in these moments is brutal.

Dean Baquet, executive editor of the New York Times, close to retirement from the position (by age, tradition at the company), said in a recent interview with the New Yorker that "each generation of journalists does its own journalism." "And frankly, it does it better." He wasn't talking about himself, but he fits the description. The first investigative reporter by origin and the first black person in the role, he will leave a powerful newsroom, with more than 2,000 professionals, 10 million subscribers and a global audience. A very different newspaper from the one he received eight years ago, with financial difficulties and an uncertain future.

"I think the reporter is, I don't mean endangered, but I think under threat." For Baquet, we live in an era in which the power of breaking the news is no longer fully respected, in which social networks reward acid behavior and gratuitous opinions. The executive shows a certain moral concern with those who confuse the role of the profession or find themselves pressured by comments on the internet.

There is no doubt that newspapers can be better today, starting with the many multimedia resources available. But it's amazing how we need pests or bombs falling on our heads to understand that the classic work of a reporter, no matter the technology available, is essential and worth every penny of investment.

The problem is that nobody remembers the essentials also in times of peace.

DEBATE?

Baquet is the editor jeered by the Newsroom itself in 2020, when the Times published an article by a Republican senator who defended the military on the US streets in the wave of protests that occurred after the death of George Floyd. The publication of the text put the black journalists of New York Times in obvious danger in the coverage. Even the newspaper's publisher joined the discussion to calm things down. Have you ever heard anything like it?

Last week, Folha published an article by Flávio Bolsonaro whose title would not look bad in Choquei, "Moro released Lula." The newspaper, obviously, took more than the president's son. The PT in a note accused Folha of publishing fake news. One reader pointed out that, in addition to being unnecessary, the article was poorly written. Hard to disagree. The argument was fragile, appealing to conclusions such as that PT was responsible for gasoline prices in the administration of his father.

And here comes the question, which has nothing to do with the need to give space to all sides, satisfied the next day, as usual: do readers have to put up with bad texts in the name of plurality?

In other words, if the article is weak, was the debate, the purpose of its publication, enriched or did it only serve for Folha to show itself to be equanimous?

José Henrique Mariante

Trained as an engineer and journalist, Mariante has been a reporter, correspondent, editor and editorial secretary at Folha, where he has worked since 1991. He is the ombudsman.

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