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ROBERT F. KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS RIPPLE OF HOPE AWARD LAUREATES ANNOUNCED
8.06.2018
2018 ROBERT F. KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS RIPPLE OF HOPE AWARD LAUREATES ANNOUNCED
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, DISCOVERY PRESIDENT AND CEO DAVID ZASLAV, NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY, AND HUMANA CEO BRUCE D. BROUSSARD TO RECEIVE 2018 ROBERT F. KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS RIPPLE OF HOPE AWARD
NEW YORK, NY (August 6, 2018) – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced its 2018 Ripple of Hope laureates: 44th President of the United States Barack Obama, Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, and Humana CEO Bruce D. Broussard. Laureates were selected for their exceptional work toward a more just and peaceful world.
"My father believed; 'Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope," said Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights President Kerry Kennedy. "On the 50th anniversary of his historic campaign for the White House, we honor laureates who have sent forth countless ripples of hope to millions of people inspired by their example."
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights founder Ethel Kennedy will award the Laureates during the annual Ripple of Hope Gala at the New York Hilton Midtown on Wednesday, December 12, 2018.
“For a half-century, the legacy of Robert F. Kennedy has been a model for public service based on the simple premise that our highest calling is to leave is a more understanding and inclusive world for future generations,” said New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. “This is exactly the New Jersey I am working to create – a state that is strong and fair, which welcomes and embraces diversity, and ensures greater educational and economic opportunities for all. To have these efforts recognized, and linked to the legacy of Senator Kennedy, one of my personal heroes, is a tremendous honor.”
“Bobby Kennedy was one of my heroes,” said President Obama. “I first got into public service because I wanted to be a part of something bigger than myself, believing that my own salvation was bound up with the salvation of others. That’s something he expressed far better than I ever could when he talked about the power that comes from acting on our ideals, those ripples of hope that can ‘sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.’ That’s what I’m determined to help inspire and cultivate over the rest of my career – the idea that anybody can be one of the millions of acts of conscience and voices raised against injustice, the idea that anybody can be one of the ‘million different centers of energy and daring’ who, like Bobby Kennedy, have always changed the world for the better.”
2018 marks the 50th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s historic campaign for the White House, and the founding of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. The Ripple of Hope Gala caps an incredible year of commemoration and activism by celebrating those who work to advance the legacy of Robert F. Kennedy in our challenging modern times.
"I'm honored to receive the Ripple of Hope Award. Robert F. Kennedy inspired our nation to rededicate itself to social and economic justice for all Americans, and that critical work continues today. As CEO of Humana, I’ve committed our company to improving the health of our communities, particularly for older Americans. Access to quality health care is essential if we are to achieve the kind of world that Senator Kennedy dreamed of, and while our work is not done, every day we're making progress toward that goal."
“I’m greatly honored to be recognized as a 2018 Ripple of Hope laureate alongside this fantastic group of individuals who are committed to positive social change and carrying forward the legacy of Robert F. Kennedy,” said Discovery President & CEO, David Zaslav. “Discovery is committed to informing, inspiring and educating its global viewers with deeply loved content and to making a difference for our planet and local communities around the world. I look forward to our continued journey together to do well by doing good.”
Past Ripple of Hope laureates include Hillary Rodham Clinton, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Bill Clinton, Bono, George Clooney, Robert Smith, Harry Belafonte, Howard Schultz, Joe Biden, Congressman John Lewis, Tim Cook, Tony Bennett, and Robert De Niro.
Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States. Following his roles as a community organizer, constitutional law professor, and U.S. Senator, Obama was elected President in 2008, taking office at a moment of crisis unlike any America had seen in decades. His leadership helped rescue the economy, revitalize the American auto industry, reform the healthcare system to cover another twenty million Americans, and put the country on a firm course to a clean energy future – all while overseeing the longest stretch of job creation in American history. On the world stage, Obama’s belief in America’s indispensable leadership helped wind down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, decimate al Qaeda and eliminate the world’s most wanted terrorists, shut down Iran’s nuclear weapons program, open up a new chapter with the people of Cuba, and unite humanity in coordinated action to combat a changing climate. In his post-presidency, President Obama remains committed to lifting up the next generation of leaders through his work with the Obama Foundation.
David Zaslav joined Discovery as President and Chief Executive Officer in 2007, leading the company’s initial public offering and ascension as a Fortune 500 company. Under Zaslav, Discovery launched some of its most successful channels, including Investigation Discovery and OWN, in partnership with Oprah Winfrey. Zaslav is credited with expanding and diversifying Discovery’s global footprint through acquisitions including European sports leader Eurosport, which under Zaslav became home to the Olympic Games in Europe, and Scripps Networks Interactive, in a deal creating a new global leader in real life entertainment. Most recently, Zaslav led Discovery’s strategic alliance with PGA TOUR to create a new global home of golf. Zaslav’s business accomplishments at Discovery are matched by his commitment to social good. Under his leadership, Discovery launched its corporate social responsibility arm, “Discovery Impact,” created Project C.A.T. (Conserving Acres for Tigers), a global effort with World Wildlife Foundation to help double the world’s wild tiger population by 2022, and is now bringing stories of human rights defenders into classrooms across the country through a comprehensive partnership between Discovery Education and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ Speak Truth to Power program.
Bruce D. Broussard was selected as CEO of Humana in 2013 following his years of executive financial and operations leadership that allowed him to improve health access for individuals in need of care in areas such as oncology, assisted living/senior housing, home care, and dental treatments. Bruce has championed an integrated care delivery model that is expected to drive down patient costs, enhance treatment quality, and improve outcomes.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is committed to creating a stronger state economy based on principles of fairness and justice. Since taking office in January 2018, Governor Murphy has enacted the nation’s strongest equal pay law, strengthened voting rights, and acted to support New Jersey’s immigrant communities and protect the health care of residents, among other measures. Prior to running for office, Governor Murphy represented the United States as Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany under President Barack Obama. Gov. Murphy has served on numerous non-profit boards and has led a national task force on the future of education.
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The Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award
The Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award celebrates leaders of the international business, public service, entertainment, and activist communities who have demonstrated a commitment to social change. Past honorees, including Bill Clinton, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Bono, George Clooney, Robert F. Smith, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Al Gore, reflect Robert Kennedy’s passion for equality, justice, basic human rights, and his belief that we all must strive to "make gentle the life of this world.”
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Led by human rights activist and lawyer Kerry Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights has advocated for a more just and peaceful world since 1968. Working alongside local activists to ensure lasting positive change in governments and corporations, whether in the United States or abroad, our programs have pursued justice through strategic litigation on key human rights issues, educated millions of students in human rights advocacy and fostered a social good approach to business and investment.
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Obama Launched ‘the Most Extensive Global
Terrorism
Campaign the World Has Yet Seen’
Noam Chomsky:
Posted on Mar 19, 2015
In an interview with Brazilian television network TV Brasil during a conference in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, Noam Chomsky discusses the many ways the Obama administration has not only
supported terrorism but taken part in it with the drone program. Although both the short
introduction and the question the interviewer asks about the last two years of Obama’s
presidency are in Portuguese, most of the video is in English.
Emir Sader (Brazilian and ebc commentator)
Political commentator question
What is the balance that mr. obama is the government until chi and these last two years
of his term?
Noam Chomsky
In international affairs to Obama's chief contribution was to launch the most
extensive global terrorist campaign that the world has ever seen.
It is a campaign of assassinations aimed officially kill people that the government
American believes they could ever want to harm the United States.
You kill anyone else who happen to be close by and there was nothing
as this in the past.
This is a major innovation in the history of international terrorism.
There is also a campaign that generates terrorism., Which is well understood by people
high positions.
When you kill someone in a village in Yemen and also two people who were
for there is no strong chances that other people will want revenge. This dynamic -
has been carried forward in a very effective maniera.
If you look at history and what the West calls terrorism - in jihad style.
Ha 15 years ago it was located between the northwestern pakistan and afghanistan
tribal areas. Now it worldwide., All over the world.
There is gora terrorist campaigns going. That is a natural development.
This is what can be expected when people are murdered in tribal areas
are already hard pressed by policies of central governments. also in
international sphere does not have much to say.
Obama continues to support Israeli policy of illegal settlements in pro-
jects of the occupied territories and repeated attacks and cruéias the gaza strip .... He
went so far as to veto a resolution of the UN Security Council. Asking
implementation of what is officially the North American policy, that is not espan-
tion of the settlements., that is a minor issue. The settlements that should
be it. but Obama vetoed it.
Noam Chomsky
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Le Cercle – Meet The Secret CIA-Funded Group Behind The ‘War on Terror’
'Astonishing' CIA memo shows Brazil's ex-dictator authorized torture and executions
Newly unearthed document details Ernesto Geisel’s approval of over 100 executions of ‘subversives’, sparking immediate outcry in Brazil
Brazil’s former dictator Ernesto Geisel personally approved the summary execution of his regime’s perceived enemies, according to a newly unearthed CIAmemo that has reopened a bitter debate over one of the darkest chapters of contemporary Brazilian history.
Matias Spektor, the São Paulo-based academic who discovered and distributedthe document on Thursday, called it “the most disturbing I have read in 20 years of research”.
The memorandum, sent to then secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, by the CIA director, William Colby, on 11 April 1974, details a meeting it said had taken place a few days earlier between Geisel and three Brazilian generals.
One tells Geisel, who ruled Brazil from 1974 until 1979, the regime “cannot ignore the subversive and terrorist threat” it faces. “Extra-legal methods should continue to be employed against dangerous subversives,” Gen Milton Tavares de Souza is quoted as saying.
De Souza informs Geisel that 104 such “subversives” were summarily executed by military intelligence in the previous year – a policy a second general insists should continue.
According to the US account, Geisel notes that such killings could be “potentially prejudicial” and asks for a few days to consider whether such tactics are appropriate. The following week Brazil’s president concludes “the policy should continue but that great care should be taken to make certain that only dangerous subversives were executed”.
The revelation sparked an immediate outcry in Brazil where Geisel, who died in 1996, is remembered as one of the more benign leaders of Brazil’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship, who oversaw a gradual relaxation after a brutal five-year period known as the anos de chumbo or years of lead.
A 2014 report by Brazil’s truth commission blamed the dictatorship for at least 191 killings and 210 disappearances.
“It’s an astonishing document,” Pedro Dallari, the former head of that commission, told the G1 news website, calling on the armed forces to face up to their responsibility for such crimes.
In a front-page article, O Globo, one of Brazil’s leading newspapers, said the memo, which was published by the US state department in 2015 but only uncovered in Brazil this week, proved Geisel “gave the green light to savagery”.
Ricardo Noblat, a political commentator, claimed it gave the lie to the idea that “crazed and out of control” junior officials alone were responsible for the killing and torture. “[The memo] makes it clear Geisel did far more than simply tolerate the crimes committed by his colleagues in uniform. He knew about and authorized many of them.”
The focus on the junta’s murderous tactics comes amid an upsurge in support for rightwing politicians, some of whom, like presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro, openly praise the dictatorship’s iron rule.
Bolsonaro shrugged off Geisel’s alleged sanctioning of summary executions on Friday. “Who’s never given their kid a spank on the bum and then regretted it? These things happen,” he was quoted as saying by the Estado de São Paulo.
Susanna Lira, a film-maker whose latest documentary, Torre das Donzelas, focuses on a notorious dictatorship-era jail whose inmates included ex-president Dilma Rousseff, called the memo a “staggering” reminder of torture, murder and disappearances committed by the military regime.
“Most worrying of all is knowing that to this very day we have high-flying politicians who defend such methods as state policies,” Lira added.
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John f. kennedy
"JFK", "John Kennedy", and "Jack Kennedy" redirect here. For other uses, see JFK (disambiguation), John Kennedy (disambiguation), and Jack Kennedy (disambiguation).
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly known as "Jack" or by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from January 1961 until he was assassinated in November 1963.
After military service as commander of Motor Torpedo Boats PT-109 and PT-59 during World War II in theSouth Pacific, Kennedy represented Massachusetts' 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 as a Democrat. Thereafter, he served in the U.S. Senate from 1953 until 1960. Kennedy defeated Vice President and Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the 1960 U.S. presidential election. At age 43, he was the youngest to have been elected to the office,[2][a] the second-youngest president (after Theodore Roosevelt), and the first person born in the 20th century to serve as president.[3] To date, Kennedy, a Catholic, has been the only non-Protestant president and the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize.[4]
Events during his presidency included the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Space Race—by initiating Project Apollo (which would culminate in the moon landing), the building of the Berlin Wall, the African-American Civil Rights Movement, and increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of the crime and arrested that evening, but Jack Ruby shot and killed him two days later, before a trial could take place. The FBI and the Warren Commission officially concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin. However, the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) concluded that those investigations were flawed and that Kennedy was probably assassinated as the result of aconspiracy.[5]
Since the 1960s, information concerning Kennedy's private life has come to light. Details of Kennedy's health problems with which he struggled have become better known, especially since the 1990s. Although initially kept secret from the general public, reports of Kennedy's philandering have garnered much press. Kennedy ranks highly in public opinion ratings of U.S.
Newly unearthed document details Ernesto Geisel’s approval of over 100 executions of ‘subversives’, sparking immediate outcry in Brazil
Brazil’s former dictator Ernesto Geisel personally approved the summary execution of his regime’s perceived enemies, according to a newly unearthed CIAmemo that has reopened a bitter debate over one of the darkest chapters of contemporary Brazilian history.
Matias Spektor, the São Paulo-based academic who discovered and distributedthe document on Thursday, called it “the most disturbing I have read in 20 years of research”.
The memorandum, sent to then secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, by the CIA director, William Colby, on 11 April 1974, details a meeting it said had taken place a few days earlier between Geisel and three Brazilian generals.
One tells Geisel, who ruled Brazil from 1974 until 1979, the regime “cannot ignore the subversive and terrorist threat” it faces. “Extra-legal methods should continue to be employed against dangerous subversives,” Gen Milton Tavares de Souza is quoted as saying.
De Souza informs Geisel that 104 such “subversives” were summarily executed by military intelligence in the previous year – a policy a second general insists should continue.
According to the US account, Geisel notes that such killings could be “potentially prejudicial” and asks for a few days to consider whether such tactics are appropriate. The following week Brazil’s president concludes “the policy should continue but that great care should be taken to make certain that only dangerous subversives were executed”.
The revelation sparked an immediate outcry in Brazil where Geisel, who died in 1996, is remembered as one of the more benign leaders of Brazil’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship, who oversaw a gradual relaxation after a brutal five-year period known as the anos de chumbo or years of lead.
A 2014 report by Brazil’s truth commission blamed the dictatorship for at least 191 killings and 210 disappearances.
“It’s an astonishing document,” Pedro Dallari, the former head of that commission, told the G1 news website, calling on the armed forces to face up to their responsibility for such crimes.
In a front-page article, O Globo, one of Brazil’s leading newspapers, said the memo, which was published by the US state department in 2015 but only uncovered in Brazil this week, proved Geisel “gave the green light to savagery”.
Ricardo Noblat, a political commentator, claimed it gave the lie to the idea that “crazed and out of control” junior officials alone were responsible for the killing and torture. “[The memo] makes it clear Geisel did far more than simply tolerate the crimes committed by his colleagues in uniform. He knew about and authorized many of them.”
The focus on the junta’s murderous tactics comes amid an upsurge in support for rightwing politicians, some of whom, like presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro, openly praise the dictatorship’s iron rule.
Bolsonaro shrugged off Geisel’s alleged sanctioning of summary executions on Friday. “Who’s never given their kid a spank on the bum and then regretted it? These things happen,” he was quoted as saying by the Estado de São Paulo.
Susanna Lira, a film-maker whose latest documentary, Torre das Donzelas, focuses on a notorious dictatorship-era jail whose inmates included ex-president Dilma Rousseff, called the memo a “staggering” reminder of torture, murder and disappearances committed by the military regime.
“Most worrying of all is knowing that to this very day we have high-flying politicians who defend such methods as state policies,” Lira added.
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John f. kennedy
"JFK", "John Kennedy", and "Jack Kennedy" redirect here. For other uses, see JFK (disambiguation), John Kennedy (disambiguation), and Jack Kennedy (disambiguation).
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly known as "Jack" or by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from January 1961 until he was assassinated in November 1963.
After military service as commander of Motor Torpedo Boats PT-109 and PT-59 during World War II in theSouth Pacific, Kennedy represented Massachusetts' 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 as a Democrat. Thereafter, he served in the U.S. Senate from 1953 until 1960. Kennedy defeated Vice President and Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the 1960 U.S. presidential election. At age 43, he was the youngest to have been elected to the office,[2][a] the second-youngest president (after Theodore Roosevelt), and the first person born in the 20th century to serve as president.[3] To date, Kennedy, a Catholic, has been the only non-Protestant president and the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize.[4]
Events during his presidency included the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Space Race—by initiating Project Apollo (which would culminate in the moon landing), the building of the Berlin Wall, the African-American Civil Rights Movement, and increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of the crime and arrested that evening, but Jack Ruby shot and killed him two days later, before a trial could take place. The FBI and the Warren Commission officially concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin. However, the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) concluded that those investigations were flawed and that Kennedy was probably assassinated as the result of aconspiracy.[5]
Since the 1960s, information concerning Kennedy's private life has come to light. Details of Kennedy's health problems with which he struggled have become better known, especially since the 1990s. Although initially kept secret from the general public, reports of Kennedy's philandering have garnered much press. Kennedy ranks highly in public opinion ratings of U.S.
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
Go eastern
Go West
(Together) We will go our way
(Together) We will leave some day
(vamos, vamos, vamos, vamos, vá para o oeste!)
(Together) Your hand in my hand
(Together) We will make our plan
(Together) We will fly so high
(Together) Tell all our friends goodbye
(Together) We will start like new
(Together) This is what we'll do:
(Go west) Life is peaceful there
(Go west) in the open air
(Go west) where the skies are blue
(Go west) this is what we're gonna do
(Together) We will love the beach
(Together) We will learn and teach
(Together) Change our pace of life
(Together) We will work and thrive
(I love you) I know you love me,
(I want you) how could I disagree?
(And that's why) I make no protest
(And you say) you will do the rest
(Go west) life is peaceful there
(Go west) in the open air
(Go west) baby, you and me
(Go west) this is our destiny
(Go west) sun and winter time
(Go west) we will do just fine
(Go west) where the skies are blue
(Go west) this is what we're gonna do
There, where the air is free
We'll be (we'll be) what we want to be
Now, if we make a stand
We'll find (we'll find) our promised land!
(I know that) there are many ways
(To live there) in the sun or shade
(Together) we will find the place
(To settle) where there's so much space
(Don't look back) And the place back east
(Wrestling) wrestling just to feast
(And we'll go) ready to be two
(So that's what) we are gonna do
(Oh, what we're gonna do is...)
(Go west) life is peaceful there
(Go west) there, in the open air
(Go west) Where the skies are blue
(Go west) This is what we're gonna do...
(Life is peaceful there) Go west
(In the open air) Go west
(Baby, you and me) Go west
(This is our destiny) Come on, come on, come on, come on
(Go west) Sun and winter time
(Go west) we will feel just fine
(Go west) where the skies are blue
(Go west) this is what we're gonna do
(Come on, come on, come on, come on, go west!)
(Together) We will go our way
(Together) We will leave some day
(vamos, vamos, vamos, vamos, vá para o oeste!)
(Together) Your hand in my hand
(Together) We will make our plan
(Together) We will fly so high
(Together) Tell all our friends goodbye
(Together) We will start like new
(Together) This is what we'll do:
(Go west) Life is peaceful there
(Go west) in the open air
(Go west) where the skies are blue
(Go west) this is what we're gonna do
(Together) We will love the beach
(Together) We will learn and teach
(Together) Change our pace of life
(Together) We will work and thrive
(I love you) I know you love me,
(I want you) how could I disagree?
(And that's why) I make no protest
(And you say) you will do the rest
(Go west) life is peaceful there
(Go west) in the open air
(Go west) baby, you and me
(Go west) this is our destiny
(Go west) sun and winter time
(Go west) we will do just fine
(Go west) where the skies are blue
(Go west) this is what we're gonna do
There, where the air is free
We'll be (we'll be) what we want to be
Now, if we make a stand
We'll find (we'll find) our promised land!
(I know that) there are many ways
(To live there) in the sun or shade
(Together) we will find the place
(To settle) where there's so much space
(Don't look back) And the place back east
(Wrestling) wrestling just to feast
(And we'll go) ready to be two
(So that's what) we are gonna do
(Oh, what we're gonna do is...)
(Go west) life is peaceful there
(Go west) there, in the open air
(Go west) Where the skies are blue
(Go west) This is what we're gonna do...
(Life is peaceful there) Go west
(In the open air) Go west
(Baby, you and me) Go west
(This is our destiny) Come on, come on, come on, come on
(Go west) Sun and winter time
(Go west) we will feel just fine
(Go west) where the skies are blue
(Go west) this is what we're gonna do
(Come on, come on, come on, come on, go west!)
With audio files and the White House, the film shows U.S. support to the coup of 64
"THE DAY THAT LASTED 21 YEARS" REVEALS CONVERSATIONS KENNEDY AND LYNDON JOHNSON ABOUT BRAZIL. AMBASSADOR LINCOLN GORDON COORDINATED WITH CIA AND GOVERNMENT ACTIONS TO DESTABILIZE GOULART AND SENDING NAVAL TASK FORCE TO HELP CONSPIRATORS
Disclosure "The Day that lasted 21 years"
President Lyndon Johnson (D) gave approval for Ambassador Gordon (E) and authorized destabilize Goulart sending ships to Brazil
The movie "The Day that Lasted 21 years," Camilo Tavares, reveals how the United States contributed to the 1964 military coup that overthrew the Brazilian president João Goulart, based on classified documents from U.S. archives and audios original White House. The documentary, which will be released the 29th, features audio conversations of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson with advisors about Brazil and shows how their northern neighbors supported the conspirators, with destabilizing actions and even military.
The U.S. ambassador in Brazil in the early 1960s, the intellectual Brazilianist Harvard Lincoln Gordon, appears almost as a villain, with its alarming telegrams to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, in pointing to the imminent risk of Brazil following Cuba toward communism. "If Brazil is lost, there will be another Cuba, but other China in our Western Hemisphere." In the Cold War context of the time, shortly after becoming socialist Cuba, this was the worst nightmare of Americans.
See the trailer for "The Day that lasted 21 years":
In conversation with Kennedy, whose audio is played, Gordon estimates that the Brazilian president could be a "populist dictator", similar to Argentina's Juan Perón In November 1963, Lyndon Johnson states that will not "allow the establishment of another Communist government in the Western Hemisphere. "
U.S. stocks bancaram propaganda and destabilization of Goulart
João Goulart beside one of his tormentors, Ambassador Lincoln Gordon
The documentary then shows the actions of U.S. propaganda, coordinated by Gordon, to destabilize the Brazilian government. Cites the creation and funding of research institutes alleged anti-Goulart, as the IBAD (Brazilian Institute for Democratic Action) and IPES (Institute for Social Studies and Research) to fund "research" and campaigns 250 candidates for deputies, eight to governor and 600 for state representative in the country In addition, stimulation of strikes and articles in the press that the government was the "bread and butter" of "covert actions" of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) which sought to overthrow regimes, as explained coordinator of the National Security Archive U.S., Peter Kornbluh.
In telegram to Washington, Gordon admits: "We are taking additional measures to strengthen the forces of resistance against Goulart. Sensitive actions include street demonstrations pro-democracy, anti-communism to encourage the feeling in Congress, the military, media and church groups and the business world. "Interviewed, adviser at the embassy Gordon, Robert Bentley, does not deny funding American, just smiles, silent and says: "That was a controversy when I got [to Brazil]."
The film also reiterates the importance of the military attaché of the embassy Vernon Walters, Brazilian officials friend since the 2nd World War, as General Castelo Branco, who would be instrumental in the overthrow of Goulart. Walters was up to identify dissatisfied between military. The paper describes Castelo Branco, then Chief of Staff of the Army, as "highly competent, respected officer, devoted Catholic and admires the U.S. role as defenders of freedom." According to Bentley, "had a lot of confidence in Castelo Branco", "man to remedy the situation, from the standpoint of American interests."
Naval task force to support the strike call for help from the Brazilian military
Naval task force with aircraft carriers was authorized to be sent to Brazil to support the coup of 64
When the situation heats up, the U.S. agrees to send warships to the coast of Brazil, in the so-called Operation Brother Sam, aiming to intimidate and deter the government to resist the coup. The U.S. president authorizes, audio, doing "everything we need to do. Let's put our neck out (to risk). "
A telegram from the U.S. State Department for Gordon describes the measures taken to "be in a position to assist in the appropriate time to anti-Goulart forces if decided that this is done."Operation Brother Sam included sending a "naval task force, with an aircraft carrier, four destroyers (destroyers) and tankers to overt exercises off the coast of Brazil", and 110 tons of ammunition and other light equipment, including gas tear for riot control by plane.
A telegram "top secret" CIA, March 30 - the eve of the outbreak of the movement - shows how the Americans were well informed and articulate with the conspirators. In the document entitled "Plans Revolutionaries in Minas Gerais", the spies say "Goulart should be removed immediately. The governors of São Paulo and Minas Gerais definitely come to an agreement. The ignition will be a military revolt led by General Mourão Filho. The troops will march to Rio de Janeiro. "
Document signed by Secretary of State, Dean Rusk confirms that scammers have asked the U.S. military support. "For the first time, the scammers Brazilians asked if the U.S. Navy could quickly reach the southern coast of Brazil." For history professor at UFRJ Carlos Fico, the rear of Brother Sam was essential to secure the military to overthrow the regime. Although the documents and unconvincingly, the diplomat Bentley denies having heard of the operation.
Newton Cross: "Every revolution, for starters, has a crazy. The Mourão out! "
João Goulart in Brazil Central rally on the eve of being ousted
The film also has funny moments. "Every revolution, for starters, has a crazy. The Mourão [general Olympio Mourao Filho, who led the troops of Juiz de Fora for Rio] out! "Laughs General Newton Cruz, former head of the NIS (National Intelligence Service). The general's daughter Mourao Filho, Laurita Mourao, says the father called a "coward" Castelo Branco, the first military president after the move, when being criticized for alleged rainfall by moving troops toward the Rio "White Castle, you are fearful one, is a ... "In the words of his daughter, he also" was delivering the Revolution Costa e Silva [later also president of the regime], who was asleep in his underwear. "
After the success of the initiative, Gordon writes to the U.S.. "I'm delighted to say that the elimination of Goulart is a great victory for the free world."Robert Bentley says that participated in the empty office Goulart, meeting over the ownership of the new system was that the president of the Supreme Court. The phone to the ambassador, was asked if the ownership of the new regime had been cool and said: "'It seems that was cool, I can not say.' I woke up after 12pm and [the U.S.] had recognized the government. "
"I think there are certain people who need to be arrested even," said Lyndon Johnson
Film premiere 29th
A few days after the coup, in an interesting audio discussion with President Johnson Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy message tone for the new president of Brazil.
- There is a difference between Gordon, who wants to be very warm, and our view of the White House, that Mr.. should be a little cautious because they are holding a lot of people.
- I think there are certain people who need to be arrested himself. I will not make any crusade against them, but I do not want ... I wish they had put some in some prison before being taken to Cuba - Johnson responds.
- A message would be desirable to more routine at this point.
- I'd rather be warm - says the president.
- Really? This will be published.
- I know, but I'm sanding! Concludes the president.
Juracy Magalhães: "What is good for America is good for Brazil"
The film progresses, showing the Institutional Act No. 1, which cassa political rights and mandates of lawmakers and military. A deputy cries on the table in the House. And remember, to illustrate the proximity of the Brazilian military regime with the U.S., the famous phrase that marked the military Juracy Magalhães, Brazil's ambassador in Washington: "What is good for America is good for Brazil."
Family project
Kennedy receives the Ambassador in Brazil, Gordon
The documentary is also a family project and a tribute to the director, Camilo Tavares, father, journalist and political activist Flavio Tavares - one of 15 prisoners exchanged by U.S. Ambassador Charles Elbrick kidnapped in Rio in 1969.
Flavio appears in the famous photo of prisoners (below) on the plane that would take them into exile in Mexico - where the director born in 71 -, and a quick flash in the list of "popular" with the name of Flavius Aristides . It also Flavio Tavares who does the interviews, getting face to face with former adversaries, the diplomat and Passarinho Bentley, minister who signed his extradition.Camilo's wife, Karla Ladeia, is an executive producer.
To Ambassador Elbrick his kidnapping was an attempt to "embarrass governments Brazilian and American." But there are other moments of embarrassment in American film. After showing the picture of a man hanging from a stick-to-macaw, Bentley is asked about human rights violations. "It is difficult to justify formally. But sorry ... sorry (laughs), anyway. "At the time, however, the internal messages of American government preached discretion. "Although we do not seek to justify extra-legal acts or excesses of government, concluded that our best decision is to approach the maximum silence gold," advises Gordon.
The film also surprises with testimonials unusual protagonists and critics of the regime, as General Newton Cruz, head of the SNI. "When the Revolution was born to make a storage house. Nobody spends 20 angels to clean the house! "
The film concludes with a sentence acid coordinator of the National Security Archive, the American Peter Kornbluh. "All this was done in the name of democracy, supposedly."
Prisoners freed by kidnapping Ambassador Charles Elbrick, U.S..Flavio Tavares, father of the director, is the first right, crouched
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Le Cercle – Meet The Secret CIA-Funded Group Behind The ‘War on Terror’
Source: Rachel Blevins
Bilderberg has gained a reputation as the world’s most secretive group of billionaires and political leaders who conspire to impact global events—but reports indicate that they don’t hold a candle to another group that includes a host of war criminals responsible for the “War on Terror.”
The group is named Le Cercle. In a report dated Sept. 13, 1982, the German publication Der Spiegel describes it as a “legal cartel” made up of “loyal Bundesnachrichtendienst agents, foreign intelligence agents, reactionary politicians and ultra-right journalists” who played a crucial role in the 1980 election.
The existence of the group was revealed by Bavarian constitutional protector Hans Langemann. According to the report, he described the group as:
“In the case of CERCLE, which is clearly defamatory,” as far as my earlier knowledge of the BND “and my present knowledge are concerned, a “loose” “concentration “about two times a year and at various” places of conservative- anti-Communist politician,” “publicists, bankers, and VIPs of other professions,” “which originated in the former French Prime Minister Antoine PINAY, and the circle to which guests are invited continues to this day.”
Former U.S. Defense Secretary and President of the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz, former Iraqi Coalition Provisional Authority Leader Paul Bremer, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and former Chairman of the Defense Department’s Defense Policy Board Richard Perle—some of the most notable neoconservative architects of the Iraq War—are all reportedly members.
Other reported American members of Le Cercle include former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former Directors of Central Intelligence Bill Casey and William Colby, and former President Richard Nixon after he left the White House.
In a report from The Independent dated June 28, 1997, the “exclusive think-tank said to be funded by the CIA” is mentioned because its chairman at the time, former Member of Parliament Jonathan Aitken, was reportedly going to be removed over a libel trial that ultimately sent him to prison for perjury.
Accusations that Le Cercle receives funding from the CIA have been made by Robin Ramsay, editor of Lobster Magazine; and by John E Lewis, author of “The Mammoth Book of Cover-Ups.”
As the report noted, “the group’s existence is only occasionally disclosed” following its creation in the 1950s:
“Cercle was intended to cement Franco-German relations, as a buffer to Soviet aggression during the Cold War. Down the years, however, it has become much more, advocating right-wing causes round the world and growing into a confidential talking shop for about 70 politicians, businessmen, polemicists and personnel from the diplomatic and security services. Members are invited to attend its meetings; they cannot ask to be admitted, and as a condition of attending they agree to keep all sessions secret. It meets twice a year, once in Washington DC in the autumn and once in the early part of the year in an ‘overseas’ venue.”
The Independent described senior member Brian Crozier as an “author and well-known Cold-Warrior with close ties to MI6 and the CIA” who wrote a “planning paper” for Le Cercle in 1979. In addition to securing changes of government in Germany and the United Kingdom (where Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister in 1979), the agenda included objectives such as:
- “Undercover financial transactions for political aims”
- “International campaigns aiming to discredit hostile personalities or events”
- “Creation of a (private) intelligence service specializing in a selective point of view”
- “Establishment of offices under suitable cover each run by a coordinator from the central office. Current plans cover London, Washington, Paris, Munich and Madrid”
In a report on the history of Le Cercle, British news source True Publica noted that the 1982 Langemann Papers were “the first significant leak to expose the activities of Le Cercle, confirming that the group was actively involved in influencing Western European elections.”
“Its purpose is to subvert the democratic principles and processes of individual countries and are by nature ideologically ‘hawkish’ – distributing propaganda, stoking fear of communist plots from Russia, vote rigging and hacking the accounts of politicians and prominent global figures. Promoting the ‘war on terror’ has been a major factor in their activities of recent years and in so doing broker weapons deals and setting up false flag operations the world over to suit its own agenda.”
While the majority of the information surrounding Le Cercle is covert and secretive—especially regarding its activity in recent years—one of the most important things to remember about the think tank is that its presence is well-documented, its members include influential U.S. politicians, there have been accusations of funding by the CIA, and yet mainstream media in the United States has ignored its existence and influence for decades.
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