Following a deadly police raid in Rio de Janeiro last October that left over 120 dead, the LMC spends the hour with TeleSur English’s Brazil correspondent Brian Mier to discuss the long history of institutional racism and violence by state police.
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December 20th, 2024: A Murder Plot in Brazil
Following shocking allegations implicating former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro in a plot to assassinate current president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the LMC spends the hour with Olavo Passos de Souza, a doctoral student in history at Stanford University in California, about what these allegations mean to the fragile state of democracy in Brazil.
May 17th, 2024: The Floods of Porto Alegre
Devasting floods in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre has left hundreds dead and major concerns about the continued effects of global warming. So the LMC spends the hour with Michael Fox, the host of the podcast docuseries “Brazil on Fire”, to give the latest on “Brazil’s Katrina.”
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