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<p><font face="Verdana">My regrets, Carlos, and to Brazilians, with
the feared news having been delivered now...</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">This is the letter that Walden Bello, a key
progressive thinker wrote 2 days back</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a class="enhancr_card_1136096271"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"
href="https://www.thenation.com/article/a-letter-to-brazil-from-a-friend-living-under-duterte/">A
Letter to Brazil, From a Friend Living Under Duterte</a></font></p>
<p>carrying important messages.</p>
<p>And since true regret should come with analysis of what and why:
Salvoj Zizek said in a different but connected context that "<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/video/2018/oct/24/slavoj-zizek-tells-owen-jones-clinton-is-the-problem-not-trump">
Clinton is the problem not Trump</a>". <br>
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<p>This is unthinkably bad, and also one can see that there is a
pattern that is repeating at many places which bespeaks underlying
historic-political causes. There is no time to slump with
hopelessness, we must get up, claim and reclaim, build and
rebuild...... <br>
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<p>With best wishes, parminder <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27/10/18 7:59 PM, Carlos Afonso
wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Dear colleagues, this article may give you an idea of what might happen
in Brazil with the presidential elections tomorrow.
Sorry for this, but the situation may be terrifying for anyone who
opposes the ultra-right-wing candidate. The article by Pablo Villaça (in
English) is an accurate review:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.rogerebert.com/far-flung-correspondents/brazilian-election-2018-bolsonaro">https://www.rogerebert.com/far-flung-correspondents/brazilian-election-2018-bolsonaro</a>
The article is also attached in PDF.
Bolsonaro threatens to liquidate all NGOs and social movements -- who
can choose between prison and exile. Fundamental achievements like our
multistakeholder Internet governance system, our Internet Bill of
Rights, and many other human rights-related laws are at risk.
fraternal regards
--c.a.
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