Western corporate media apparently saw no irony in the allegations made by the former judge, who played an instrumental role in an “anti-corruption” witch hunt aimed at illegally jailing former President Luis Ignacio “Lula” da Silva and destroying his left-wing Workers’ Party.

Rather, they fawningly described Moro as an “anti-corruption crusader” (BBC, 4/25/20), “celebrity justice minister” (Guardian, 4/24/20) and “a figure who for many represented a new, better Brazil” (Washington Post, 4/24/20), cheering the “tantalizing” prospect of a 2022 presidential bid (Bloomberg, 5/6/20).

NYT and Latin American Coups: In Hybrid War “Nuance” Is A Rhetorical Weapon

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

From Chile to Venezuela to Brazil to Bolivia, the “Paper of record” has a long history of using blurred language to provide cover for US-backed coups in Latin America

Beware the Traditionalist School, the Esoteric Sect that Uses Anti-Marxism to Promote Religious Syncretism and the Personality Cult of Its Leaders

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Beware the Traditionalist School, the Esoteric Sect that Uses Anti-Marxism to Promote Religious Syncretism and the Personality Cult of Its Leaders

Yes, It Looks Like the US Government Coordinated the 2012 Anonymous China Hacks

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

On April 23, Mark Mazzetti reported in the New York Times that the FBI had used Hector Xavier Monsegur, a hacker it had in its clutches, to coordinate hacks in 2012 against Iran, Syria, Brazil, and Pakistan, and other targets. The actual hacks were carried about by an associate of Monsegur, Jeremy Hammond, who was a dupe in that he did not know that Monsegur was turning over the information and access he gleaned to the US government.
Yes, It Looks Like the US Government Coordinated the 2012 Anonymous China Hacks

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The Sabu/Jeremy Hammond case, or the FBI’s 2012 collaboration with Anonymous hackers in operations against Brazil (and other countries) was overshadowed by the Edward Snowden leaks in 2013. For Brazil this forgotten story was no less significant.
When the FBI sent Anonymous to hack Brazil

WTO Chief, Citing Chaos, Says He’s Not the Right Man for the Job

May 17, 2020May 17, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

WTO Chief, Citing Chaos, Says He’s Not the Right Man for the Job

Azevedo declined to say what his next steps would be but made it clear he was not angling for a political career in his home country of Brazil like his wife, Maria Nazareth Farani Azevedo, who is Brazil’s ambassador to the United Nations.