Jeffrey Lewis

Brazil’s Infamous Prison Massacre Stirs Controversy 24 Years Later
Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 07:20
Judges throw out convictions of 74 military police previously sentenced for murdering 111 inmates. The Sept. 27 decision has also reignited concerns about police brutality in a country with one of the highest levels of killings by police in the world.
The Massively Terrible Plan to Give Israel the Massive Ordnance Penetrator
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 06:32
Now that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed in Vienna between Iran and the so-called P5+1 (or E3/EU+3) has survived the period of congressional review, the pointy heads of Beltway wonkdom are turning to the next steps.
Brazil Starts to Hand Out Corruption Sentences
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 00:00
Brazil's Supreme Court began handing out tough jail sentences in a landmark corruption trial that has tainted the legacy of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.