On a cold, drizzly Valentine’s Day in 2014, I spent the night at a UAW party at the old wood-paneled IBEW hall next to Chattanooga’s brand-new Volkswagen plant as workers eagerly awaited union election results.
One Volkswagen worker passed around a moonshine bottle as nearly 200 people crammed
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Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, where Bolsonaro may be under house arrest very soon.
Bolsonaro May Be Forced Into House Arrest
Yesterday, the New York Times revealed that Bolsonaro stayed at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia for two days in a bid to seek asylum.
Under the terms of legal
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The New York Times reports that Bolsonaro sought asylum in the Hungarian embassy earlier this month. He traveled there after his passport was confiscated by the federal government after several of his top aides were indicted for plotting a coup.
Bolsonaro slept in the Hungarian embassy for two days while
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL – At 5 A.M. on Palm Sunday in Rio de Janeiro, the former Chief of Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa, Brazilian Congressman Chiquinho Brazão, and his brother, Rio state auditor general Domingos Brazão, were all arrested by Brazilian federal police for plotting to assassinate
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Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, where the right-wing Bolsonaro-style state governor has banned two Brazilian legends from playing in Brasil’s largest stadium.
Bolsonaro Ally Bans Brazilian Anti-Dictatorship Legends from Performing in Maracanã
In 1969, the Grammy-winning Caetano Veloso, one of the founders of the Tropicalismo musical movement, was arrested
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