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Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who broke the Snowden leaks, charged with cybercrimes in Brazil after publishing texts that embarrassed officials Bolsonaro

Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who broke the Snowden leaks, charged with cybercrimes in Brazil after publishing texts that embarrassed officials

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…
bubmag
January 21, 2020
Glenn Greenwald Speaks: Bolsonaro Is Trying to Silence Me Bolsonaro

Glenn Greenwald Speaks: Bolsonaro Is Trying to Silence Me

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…
bubmag
January 21, 2020
Brazilian authoritarian Bolsonaro fires his culture minister for giving a speech plagiarized from Joseph Goebbels Bolsonaro

Brazilian authoritarian Bolsonaro fires his culture minister for giving a speech plagiarized from Joseph Goebbels

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…
bubmag
January 18, 2020