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Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The killing of an eight-year-old girl during a police operation last year sparked outrage The number of police killings in Rio de Janeiro reached a record high last year, officials say, amid controversial hardline m…

On Tuesday, Brazilian prosecutors charged the journalist Glenn Greenwald with “cybercrimes” as part of what the government claims was his role in a “criminal organization.” They allege that Greenwald—who reported on wrongdoing in Brazil’s judicial establishment last year for the Intercept, the Web site he co-founded—participated in the hacking of…

Last June Glenn Greenwald and The Intercept published and reported on a massive trove of explosive leaks that revealed that top prosecutors and the judge who eventually became the justice minister of Brazil conspired to rig the corruption trial of the beloved and incredibly popular leader Lula, sending him to…

(Bloomberg) -- Glenn Greenwald, the American journalist who founded The Intercept, on Tuesday vowed to fight criminal charges that he alleged were being brought by Brazil’s government in retaliation for a series of exposes that highlighted corruption in the administration of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.“We’re going to defend a free…

Regarding the criminal charges brought by the Bolsonaro government: it's a grave and obvious attack on a free press, brought by a far-right judge. We're going to defend a free press, not be intimidated by authorities abusing their power. The reporting will c…

Glenn Greenwald, an American journalist famous for his central role in publishing the Edward Snowden leaks, has been charged for cybercrimes in Brazil, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.  Greenwald has been at the heart of a debate over press freedoms i…

Journalist firebrand Glenn Greenwald has been charged with cybercrimes by federal prosecutors in Brazil, according to a new report from the New York Times. Greenwald recently helped expose corruption in the Brazilian government through a series of stories at …

REUTERSFamed journalist Glenn Greenwald on Tuesday reacted to the news that the Brazilian government has charged him with “cybercrimes” by railing against President Jair Bolsonaro’s regime and its attempts to silence the press.The New York Times reported on Tuesday morning that Brazilian prosecutors alleged that Greenwald was part of a “criminal…

Last week, Roberto Alvim, gave a speech in his capacity as Brazil's culture minister: backed by a Wagner aria, Alvim gave a speech about reforming Brazilian art that literally plagiarized the words of Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's minister of propaganda. After a…

BRASÍLIABrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fired a top cabinet member over a speech he gave that contained phrases from Adolf Hitlers propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels. The speech by Secretary of Culture Roberto Alvim was published in an official video on Thu…