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Brian Mier

@brianmier247.bsky.social
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Jornalista, produtor de telenoticias para TeleSur English e apresentador de Brasil 247

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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
SP Governor Tarcisio Freitas loves using his police officers as publicity props. Meanwhile, over 11,000 children under the age of 14 were raped in his state in 2024. My interview with Eduardo Suplicy bmier.substack.com/p/sao-paulo-...
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São Paulo and the failure of "war on crime" jingoism
Eduardo Suplicy explains how far right Governor Tarcísio de Freitas' policing strategy has led to record numbers of child rape, femicide and police killings in the state of São Paulo
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
People in the US should expect to start paying 15% more for a cup of coffee after Trump's 50% tariffs on Brazil kick in on Friday, but the effect on Brazil's coffee value chain may not be as bad as some think. My latest: bmier.substack.com/p/trump-tari...
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Trump Tariffs and Brazilian Coffee
What to expect after August 1
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Now in Counterpunch www.counterpunch.org/2025/07/16/i...
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In the Spirit of BRICS, Criminal Defendant Jair Bolsonaro Should be Immediately be Transferred to China: a Modest Proposal
In one of the most bizarre episodes in the history of international trade, President Donald Trump this week announced that 50% tariffs would be imposed on
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
www.brasil247.com/blog/no-espi... my latest
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No espírito do Brics, o réu criminal Jair Bolsonaro deveria ser imediatamente transferido para a China
"Faço um apelo à China para que extradite imediatamente Jair Bolsonaro a um local seguro"
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
My latest bmier.substack.com/p/brazils-vi...
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Brazil's Victory for Digital Sovereignty
Despite years of campaigning for impunity by the Bolsonaros and the American far right, a Supreme Court ruling has increased social media corporations' accountability for internet crimes.
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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Batool Subeiti: "Israel não respira sem o oxigênio americano"
Em entrevista à TV 247, a analista geopolítica afirma que Tel Aviv atravessa colapso estratégico
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Here's my view from the ground on St. John's day in Caruaru. bmier.substack.com/p/bigger-tha...
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Bigger than Carnaval: Northeastern Brazil Celebrates St. John's Month
Brought by Portuguese colonists in the 1500s, the once-pagan Midsummer festival has evolved into an Afro-Indigenous-Catholic fusion of music, dance, theater, and food that attracts millions
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Elaborei isso para estimular a conversa sobre o papel dos BRICS. www.brasil247.com/blog/cade-os...
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Cadê os BRICS quando precisamos?
"Parece uma boa hora para baixarmos nossas expectativas em relação aos BRICS", afirma Brian Mier
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WaterBluSky 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦 @waterblusky.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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Bolsonaro Takes Stand in Coup Trial
June 11, 2025. Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro testified before the Supreme Court yesterday, marking his first appearance in the trial
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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Bolsonaro Takes Stand in Coup Trial
Trial on alleged 2-year conspiracy to rupture from Brazil's democratic rule of law and install a military dictatorship reaches final stretch
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
bmier.substack.com/p/brazilian-... Here's the latest from my substack blog, De-linking Brazil.
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Brazilian Cities Scramble for National Racial Equality Conference
Abandoned by the Bolsonaro administration, this will be the federal government's first national participatory conference for racial equality in 6 years
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Meu reportagem, em espanhol. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkxp...
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En Brasil denuncian criminalización de los pueblos indígenas
YouTube video by Multimedia del SUR
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
"Países tradicionalmente influentes na política global apresentam desempenho abaixo da média. Os Estados Unidos ocupam a 77ª posição, e o Canadá, a 69ª, puxando para baixo a média do continente americano." www.brasil247.com/americalatin...
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Nicarágua lidera ranking global de mulheres em altos cargos do governo
Cuba, Nicarágua e México estão entre os cinco países com maior representação feminina no parlamento
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
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Maroon Communities on the Front Line of Climate Change Adaption
Called Quilombos in Brazil, communities originally founded by fugitives from slavery have similar land rights as indigenous reserves
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
My latest: bmier.substack.com/p/us-extende...
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US Extended State Takes Hit on Brazil's Coffee Industry
In a move reminiscent of Lava Jato, which bankrupted Brazil's construction industry, a new NGO pairs with Anglo media outlets to spread a slavery scare about Brazilian coffee
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
My latest bmier.substack.com/p/cnn-and-bb...
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CNN and BBC Team up to Help Bolsonaro
0 fact checking on gossip spread by Eduardo Bolsonaro on visit by US delegation fools Brazilian public into thinking David Gamble had arrived to sanction Brazilian officials
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Arnaldo Branco @arnaldobranco.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Analistas do Instituto Sieg Heil
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
My latest bmier.substack.com/p/cnn-and-bb...
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CNN and BBC Team up to Help Bolsonaro
0 fact checking on gossip spread by Eduardo Bolsonaro on visit by US delegation fools Brazilian public into thinking David Gamble had arrived to sanction Brazilian officials
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
My latest. Please subscribe to my substack blog - it's free. bmier.substack.com/p/legal-vict...
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Legal Victory for Brazil's Kapinawá
Pernambuco DA's Office blocks illegal attempt to auction off indigenous land
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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On May Day, Lula highlights gains for working class
Inequality reaches historic low in 2024, in context of lowest unemployment numbers since 2012
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
My latest: bmier.substack.com/p/served-jai...
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Served: Jair Bolsonaro Subpoenaed in Hospital Bed
If he's healthy enough to do a 1-hour live stream, he can read and sign a 1-page subpoena, rules Brazil's Supreme Court
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Jim Naureckas @naureckas.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
It's hard to believe the @nytimes.com is still running essays about "the crushing pressure inside many colleges and universities to conform with dominant political views" when secret police are carrying off grad students to black sites for writing forbidden op-eds. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
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Opinion | Colleges Have to Be Much More Honest With Themselves
To rebuild trust and resist interference, universities must look within.
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
My latest blog peice on a victory for Brazil's largest housing movement, the União Nacional por Moradia Popular (National Union for People's Housing/UNMP) bmier.substack.com/p/housing-vi...
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Housing Victory in São Paulo
After two years of pressure, National Union for Popular Housing convinces State Government to co-subsidize self management of 30,000 social housing units
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
My article on the downfall of bolsonarista congresswoman Carla Zambelli. Once a darling of Brazilian neofascism, she's now looking at 5 years behind bars, with former friend Jair Bolsonaro blaming her for his election loss. bmier.substack.com/p/the-fall-o...
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The Fall of Brazil’s Marjorie Taylor Greene
Once a rising star of Brazil’s far right, Congresswoman Carla Zambelli now faces five years behind bars.
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
My article on the downfall of bolsonarista congresswoman Carla Zambelli. Once a darling of Brazilian neofascism, she's now looking at 5 years behind bars, with former friend Jair Bolsonaro blaming her for his election loss. bmier.substack.com/p/the-fall-o...
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The Fall of Brazil’s Marjorie Taylor Greene
Once a rising star of Brazil’s far right, Congresswoman Carla Zambelli now faces five years behind bars.
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
My latest bmier.substack.com/p/alexandre-...
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Alexandre de Moraes Destroys False Capitol Invasion Equivalency
While establishing materiality during vote to put Bolsonaro on trial, Supreme Court Justice shows how escalating cycle of violence differentiated Jan. 8, 2023, from Jan. 6, 2021
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Grupo Folha virou 100% bolsonarista?
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
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Eduardo Bolsonaro Flees Brazil
Brazilian Liberal Party lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and South American representative for CPAC, took a
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Former teachers' union leader, PT Congressman Rogério Correia explains the motives behind Eduardo Bolsonaro's flight to the US. bmier.substack.com/p/eduardo-bo...
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Minha opinião sobre os charlatões que defendem o absolutismo da liberdade de expressão. fpabramo.org.br/cooperacao-i...
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Trump, Musk e a hipocrisia do absolutismo americano da liberdade de expressão
Como os progressistas americanos no passado, os brasileiros que caem neste conto de fadas terão um rude despertar caso os fascistas, cujos direitos defendem por princípio, recuperem o poder. Leia […]
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
First visit to Brasil 247's Brasília office.
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Yesterday, Jair Bolsonoro exausted his last legal resource to change the conditions of his impending trial for attempting to inact a military coup. Watch my report for TeleSur, from in front of Brazil's Supreme Court, for more information. youtu.be/haaMbPOKkhU?...
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Brazilian court denies former President Bolsonaro's petition
YouTube video by TeleSUR English
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Eduardo Bolsonaro was supposed to chair the congressional foreign relations comitee. Instead, he took a leave of absence from Congress claiming vaugue threats of having his passport confiscated, although he's not target of any current investigation. My latest. bmier.substack.com/p/eduardo-bo...
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Eduardo Bolsonaro Flees Brazil
Son of former president faces possible treason charges for working with US politicians to attack Brazil's judiciary.
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Brasil 247 @brasil247.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Haddad: Brasil não precisa de recessão para conter a inflação www.brasil247.com/economia/had...
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Haddad: Brasil não precisa de recessão para conter a inflação
"O Brasil não precisa fazer um ajuste recessivo para colocar ordem nas suas contas", afirmou o ministro da Fazenda
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Eduardo Bolsonaro was supposed to chair the congressional foreign relations comitee. Instead, he took a leave of absence from Congress claiming vaugue threats of having his passport confiscated, although he's not target of any current investigation. My latest. bmier.substack.com/p/eduardo-bo...
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Eduardo Bolsonaro Flees Brazil
Son of former president faces possible treason charges for working with US politicians to attack Brazil's judiciary.
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Like American progressives in the past, Brazilians who fall for this fairy tale will face a rude awakening if the fascists, whose rights they defend on principle, regain power. bmier.substack.com/p/trump-musk...
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Trump, Musk, and the Hypocrisy of American Free Speech Absolutism
Like American progressives in the past, Brazilians who fall for this fairy tale will face a rude awakening if the fascists, whose rights they defend on principle, regain power
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Comunidade 247 🇵🇸 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 @comunidade247.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
@comunidade247.bsky.social GLOBALISTAS O jornalista Brian Mier e seus convidados analisam os principais fatos da cena internacional. @brianmier247.bsky.social & Fabio Reis Vianna www.youtube.com/live/7EK2Puq...
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Globalistas - As Novas Guerras de Trump (17.03.25)
YouTube video by TV 247
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Under the Shadow podcast @undertheshadow.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Happy #StPatricksDay! Today, Mexicans remember the Saint Patrick Battalion — a group of Irish soldiers that defended Mexico against the invading US army in the 1840s. Latest episode of my podcast #StoriesOfResistance @therealnews.com @globalexchange.bsky.social therealnews.com/stories-of-r...
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Stories of Resistance: The Saint Patrick’s Battalion
On St. Patrick’s Day, Mexicans celebrate in honor of the Irish battalion that defended their country against the invading United States Army in the 1840s.
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Like American progressives in the past, Brazilians who fall for this fairy tale will face a rude awakening if the fascists, whose rights they defend on principle, regain power. bmier.substack.com/p/trump-musk...
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Trump, Musk, and the Hypocrisy of American Free Speech Absolutism
Like American progressives in the past, Brazilians who fall for this fairy tale will face a rude awakening if the fascists, whose rights they defend on principle, regain power
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Brasil 247 @brasil247.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
"Houve um julgamento público sem provas contra Silvio Almeida", diz advogada
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"Houve um julgamento público sem provas contra Silvio Almeida", diz advogada
Advogada do ex-ministro critica a condução do caso na imprensa e questiona transparência da ONG que impulsionou as acusações
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Isto é uma nova matéria que elaborei em portugues, para o público brasileiro. www.cartacapital.com.br/opiniao/trum...
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Brian Mier: Trump, Musk e a hipocrisia do absolutismo americano da liberdade de expressão
Como os progressistas americanos no passado, os brasileiros que caem neste conto de fadas terão um rude despertar caso os fascistas, cujos direitos defendem por princípio, recuperem o poder
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CartaCapital @cartacapital.com.br · 14/03/2025
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Brian Mier: Trump, Musk e a hipocrisia do absolutismo americano da liberdade de expressão
Como os progressistas americanos no passado, os brasileiros que caem neste conto de fadas terão um rude despertar caso os fascistas, cujos direitos defendem por princípio, recuperem o poder
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Net Tightens Around Bolsonaro
Brazil's Supreme Court to conduct final review before trial, with the formal review of charges against the ex-president set for March 25
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Isto é uma nova matéria que elaborei em portugues, para o público brasileiro. www.cartacapital.com.br/opiniao/trum...
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Brian Mier: Trump, Musk e a hipocrisia do absolutismo americano da liberdade de expressão
Como os progressistas americanos no passado, os brasileiros que caem neste conto de fadas terão um rude despertar caso os fascistas, cujos direitos defendem por princípio, recuperem o poder
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FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) @fairmediawatch.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
From Chinese exclusion to Japanese internment to Operation Wetback, this characterization of the foreigner has had catastrophic consequences for millions of human lives. fair.org/home/us-medi...
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US Media’s Sorry History of Abetting Immigration Panics
From Chinese exclusion to Japanese internment to Operation Wetback, media of all kinds have repeatedly sensationalized the immigrant “other,” constructing an all-encompassing threat to native-born US ...
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
In another step forward for national sovereignty, Brazil's Supreme Court reached a majority vote to uphold Rumble's suspension until it agrees to obey national laws. My latest: kawsachun.com/brazils-supr...
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Kawsachun News @kawsachunnews.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Brazil's Supreme Court upholds Rumble suspension — by @brianmier247.bsky.social kawsachun.com/brazils-supr...
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Brazil's Supreme Court upholds Rumble suspension
Stock photo from the headquarters of the Supreme Court of Brazil. Source: STF Brasil On Friday, March 7, Brazil’s Supreme Court First Panel reached a majority decision, with Justices Flávio Dino and C...
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Brasil 247 @brasil247.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Ao deixar o Ministério da Saúde, Nísia Trindade lamenta "campanha sistemática e misógina" contra seu trabalho
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Ao deixar o Ministério da Saúde, Nísia Trindade lamenta "campanha sistemática e misógina" contra seu trabalho
Ministra da Saúde transmitiu o cargo para Alexandre Padilha, anteriormente na Secretaria de Relações Institucionais
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Brian Mier @brianmier247.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
In another step forward for national sovereignty, Brazil's Supreme Court reached a majority vote to uphold Rumble's suspension until it agrees to obey national laws. My latest: kawsachun.com/brazils-supr...
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