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Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is slated to testify today at her impeachment trial—a trial that many are calling a coup by her right-wing political rivals. Rousseff has denounced the proceedings and called for early elections to unite the country. Rousseff’s impeachment stems from accusations she tampered with government accounts to hide a budget deficit. She was suspended earlier this year and has maintained her innocence, accusing her political opponents of spearheading the proceedings to shield themselves from prosecution and undo years of progressive policies. The Brazilian group Transparency Brazil says 60 percent of Brazilian lawmakers are currently under criminal investigation or have already been convicted of crimes ranging from corruption to election fraud. Rousseff’s opponents now need 54 votes, or two-thirds of the 81-seat Senate, to convict her of violating budget laws. Her impeachment would end 13 years of left-wing Workers’ Party rule in Brazil and bring to power interim President Michel Temer for the remaining two years of Rousseff’s term. Temer is also deeply unpopular and currently under investigation himself, accused of receiving illegal campaign contributions linked to the state oil company Petrobras.

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AMY GOODMAN: Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is slated to testify today at her impeachment trial—a trial that many are calling a coup by her right-wing political rivals. Rousseff has denounced the proceedings and called for early elections to unite the country.

PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF: [translated] For that, we say that if the impeachment is confirmed, without proof of culpability, it will be a coup d’état. I give my full support of referendum, so people can decide to call for early elections and for political and electoral reform, as well.

AMY GOODMAN: Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment stems from accusations she tampered with government accounts to hide a budget deficit. She was suspended earlier this year, has maintained her innocence, accusing her political opponents of spearheading the proceedings to shield themselves from prosecution and undo years of progressive policies. The Brazilian group Transparency Brazil says 60 percent of Brazilian lawmakers are currently under criminal investigation or have already been convicted of crimes ranging from corruption to election fraud. On Saturday, Senator Paulo Paim of Rousseff’s Workers’ Party challenged the impeachment as an attack on the democratic right of the Brazilian people to choose their president.

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The Financial Times: Megaphone for Mass Murder

08.28.2016 :: United States

Introduction: The Financial Times editorial page carries a logo that proclaims: “Without fear and without favour”. Indeed the editors have shown no fear when it comes to. . . fabricating lies, promoting imperial wars decimating countries and impoverishing millions, whether in Libya, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen and now Venezuela. The fearless “Lies of Our Times” have been at the forefront forging pretexts for inciting imperial armies to crush independent governments.

Despite its pretentious scribblers and prestigious claims, the FT is seen by the Anglo-American financial class as a belligerent purveyor of militarist policies designed for the most retrograde sectors of the ruling elite.

What is most striking about the FT fearless fabrications on behalf of imperial militarism is how often their political and economic prognostications have been incompetent and flat out wrong.

For the past ten years, the FT editorial pages have described China in economic crisis and heading for a fall, while in reality, the Chinese economy has grown at between eight and six percent a year.

For over a decade and a half, the FT editors claimed Russia under President Vladimir Putin presented an international existential threat to ‘the West’. In fact, it was the ‘Western’ armies of NATO, which expanded military operations to the borders of Russia, the US, which financed a neo-fascist coup in Kiev and the US-EU which promoted an Islamist uprising in Syria designed to totally undermine Russia’s influence and relations in the Middle East.

US in denial over sponsoring terrorism is why Syrian war rages on

Finian Cunningham (born 1963) has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages. Originally from Belfast, Ireland, he is a Master’s graduate in Agricultural Chemistry and worked as a scientific editor for the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, England, before pursuing a career in newspaper journalism. For over 20 years he worked as an editor and writer in major news media organizations, including The Mirror, Irish Times and Independent. Now a freelance journalist based in East Africa, his columns appear on RT, Sputnik, Strategic Culture Foundation and Press TV.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a news conference after a meeting on Syria in Geneva, Switzerland, August 26, 2016 © Pierre Albouy

Marathon 10-hour talks this weekend between the US and Russia in Geneva failed to produce a comprehensive plan to end the brutal Syrian war.

Cutting through diplomatic jargon, the fundamental problem is that the US remains in denial about its criminal role in fueling the war.

It is this role by the US and various foreign allies in supporting illegally armed groups that ensures the continuance of the conflict, which has been running for nearly six years with hundreds of thousands killed.

Washington and its allies – in particular this week Turkey – claim to be fighting terrorism. But the myriad global networks of weapons, cash, oil smuggling and military intelligence all testify to systematic state sponsorship of terrorism in Syria – in spite of random apparent anti-terror operations by these same sponsor-states.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said they were continuing to work on details for a breakthrough to end the violence. These precise details were not revealed, but it is reported that American and Russian military and technical experts are liaising on resolving them.

Kerry and Lavrov have obviously good personal rapport, and there seems to be an earnest mutual respect between the diplomats to find a solution in Syria. But how can a solution be found when one of the parties is part of the problem? Not only that, but the guilty party is in utter denial about its nefarious role.

New Update - IT IS NOT JUST GERMANY, BUT IT IS ALL COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOW THREATENED

Simon Parkes 25.8.2016

Urgent update for Germany! and all countries.

Noticias urgentes para a Alemanha e para todos os países do mundo.

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Hi Simon. This is Evelyn, your country coordinator from Germany and I understand you have a message for us.

Hallo Simon. Hier ist Evelyn, deine Landeskoordinatorin aus Deutschland, und ich höre, du hast eine Nachricht für uns.

Olá, Simon. Sou a Evelyn, a sua coordenadora na Alemanha e percebo que tem uma mensagem para nós.

0:08

Simon:Thank You Evelyn. This is a message for the German CC group...
Danke Evelyn, dies ist eine Nachricht für die deutsche CC-Gruppe...
Obrigado, Evelyn. É uma mensagem para o Grupo alemão...

0:17

You are aware of the German government's **announcement regarding food and water storage.

Sicher ist euch die Aufforderung der deutschen Regierung [an die Bevölkerung] **bekannt, Nahrung und Wasser zu bevorraten.

Tens conhecimento do **anúncio feito pelo Governo alemão para a população armazenar alimentos e água.

0:39
You are being told that this is because of a possible terrorist attack.

Euch wird gesagt, dies sei wegen eines möglichen terroristischen Angriffs.

Foi-vos dito que é devido a um possível ataque terrorista

0:46

You know that this is nonsense.There have been terrorist attacks before and you have never been required to store food and water.

Euch ist klar, dass das Unsinn ist. Es gab bereits terroristische Angriffe, und man hat euch niemals angehalten, Nahrung und Wasser zu bevorraten.

Sabes que isto é um disparate.Já houve ataques terroristas antes e nunca vos foi pedido para armazenar alimentos e água.

1:10

The real reason is that Germany fears an attack.

Der wahre Grund ist, dass Deutschland befürchtet, von Amerika angegriffen zu werden.

A verdadeira razão é que a Alemanha receia um ataque da América.

1:25

This is what we would call a false flag attack on German soil.

Wir würden es als Falschflaggen-Angriff auf deutschem Boden bezeichnen.

É o que podemos designar como ataque de ‘bandeira falsa’ em solo alemão.

1:35
**This is why Germany has made a public announcement to its people to get ready for some sort of emergency.

**Dies ist der Grund für die öffentliche Aufforderung an die Bevölkerung, sich auf einen Notfall vorzubereiten.

**Foi por esse motivo que a Alemanha fez um anúncio público para a população estar preparada.