[Capitalism is a monster that will suck Mother Earth dry of all her resources, leaving our planet in a toxic wasteland. It values nothing but generating profits and hoarding wealth in the hands of a few. It will do this at all costs. It has no respect for laws or life! The protection of the... Continue Reading →
Brazil airlifts starving Yanomami tribal people from jungle
[As Lula fights to purge the attempted right-wing coup perpetrators from the Brazilian government, we are learning more about the abuses and human rights violations towards the Yanomami people under Jair Bolsonaro. The indigenous people of Brazil have been systematically poisoned by mining and subjected to deforestation in Brazil. This amounts to genocide against our... Continue Reading →
From the Lead Years to the Talcum Years
(Above) President Jair Bolsonaro, by the School of Samba Vigário Geral in the parade of Carnival 2020, in allusion to the Brazilian clown ‘Bozo’. Very appropriate. By Rivaldo Cardoso Melo Fifty-six years ago, on April 1, 1964 a coup d'état in Brazil installed a fascist regime that pledged to combat corruption and the “Red Threat”... Continue Reading →
Report Shows Corporations and Bolsonaro Teaming Up to Destroy the Amazon
[This is terrible news for all life on Earth. The continued and accelerating destruction of the Amazon will have a catastrophic environmental impact for the entire planet, not just within the country of Brazil. It should be clear to every sane person that the greed of capitalism is driving humanity towards an ecological apocalypse. Half-measures... Continue Reading →
US sending ‘spoiled food’ and ‘expired medicine’ as aid – Venezuelan ambassador
[Recently the Venezuelan government has rightfully rejected the U.S.-backed “humanitarian aid” convoys’ attempts to infiltrate the country through the Colombian and Brazilian borders. These convoys are nothing more than ‘Trojan Horses’, and pretexts for a U.S.-led military invasion against the country. They are also deliberate provocations against Venezuela, for the convoys are carrying anti-Maduro right-wing... Continue Reading →
Onward Towards 2017! A New Year’s Message
Onward Towards 2017! A New Year’s Message Onward Towards 2017! (December, 2016) from LLCO.org A New Year’s message from the Director-General. The past year has been the most eventful, and arguably the most important on record for the Leading Light Communist Organization. In 2016 we suffered many setbacks, both minor and major. We were beset... Continue Reading →
Palestine’s First Western Embassy Opens in Brazil
Palestine's First Western Embassy Opens in Brazil (http://www.telesurtv.net/) The inauguration comes weeks after Brazil rejected Israel's ambassador, a former leader of West Bank settlers. The Palestinian Authority inaugurated its first embassy in the Western Hemisphere in Brasilia Wednesday amid a diplomatic row between Brazil and Israel. Representatives of Arab countries and Arab Brazilians attended the... Continue Reading →
Climate change could worsen diseases like Zika virus, experts say
[Climate change is a global problem that will require a global response with international coordination. The capitalist-imperialist system is incapable of solving this issue for many reasons; chiefly because its endless and wasteful consumption is the primary source of the problem. The old global economic order must be smashed and be replaced by the New... Continue Reading →
Protesters, police clash at Sao Paulo bus fare demo
[The people have a right to live. The people have a right to decent lives. It's right to rebel! -- NP] Sao Paulo (AFP) - Sao Paulo protesters clashed with police who used tear gas and sound bombs to disperse crowds, as thousands rallied against Brazil's latest round of bus fare hikes. Police resorted to... Continue Reading →
Brazil World Cup: Clashes at Sao Paulo and Rio protests
Brazil World Cup: Clashes at Sao Paulo and Rio protests (BBC) Riot police used tear gas and rubber truncheons to disperse about 50 protesters near a metro station on the route to the Arena Corinthians Police clashed with protesters in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and several other host cities on Thursday as the World... Continue Reading →
Brazilian nominates Snowden for Nobel Peace Prize
Brazilian nominates Snowden for Nobel Peace Prize (AP) BRASILIA, Brazil — A Brazilian senator has nominated National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. Sen. Vanessa Grazziotin heads the Senate panel investigating U.S. espionage in Brazil. She says in a Tuesday statement that Snowden's revelations contribute to a more "stable and... Continue Reading →
Brazil leader slams alleged Canadian spying
[O Canada! Imperialist cyber-attacks against Latin America. --NP] Brazil leader slams alleged Canadian spying Brasília (AFP) - President Dilma Rousseff on Monday hit out at alleged Canadian spying on Brazil's Mining and Energy Ministry, demanding that the United States and its allies stop such practices. She said on her Twitter account that revelations aired by... Continue Reading →