Thread by @BrasilWire

No matter how disgraced its hero Sergio Moro and Lava Jato have become, Council of the Americas just can not let its anti-corruption fairytale go...

All articles on AS/COA, an organisation created specifically to interfere in Latin American politics:

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In 2015's #PodemosTirarSeAcharMelhor scandal, Reuters employees were caught censoring an admission by former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso that the Petrobras bribery scheme targeted by Lava Jato and blamed on the PT began under his government.

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Lava Jato did not "lose its way”. It was always a political and geopolitical weapon, with a domestic and international propaganda campaign that is perhaps unprecedented outside wartime. brasilwire.com/the-narrative-…

March 2018: Demonstrators gathered at Council of the Americas Park Avenue HQ to protest against a special event where Sergio Moro and staff celebrated the political prosecution and imminent arrest of former President Lula da Silva as if a success story. brasilwire.com/protesters-tak…

How corporate think tank/lobby AS/COA (Council of the Americas) molds mainstream media narratives on Latin America; in particular on Dilma Rousseff's impeachment and Operation Lava Jato which were both promoted as positives for Brazil's future...

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Coup denial from AS/COA and colleagues at Reuters and Bloomberg intensified at the 2018 election, when they also insisted that Lula's prosecution was legitimate and not politically motivated.

Bolsonaro was elected as a result, with Wall Street support.
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Watch: Protesters interrupt Council of the Americas in solidarity with murdered activists Berta Cáceres and Nelson Garcia. "You are funding the Honduran coup!"

AS/COA have been promoting the US-trained fake left candidate in Ecuador’s presidential elections.
Exposed here by @BenjaminNorton. thegrayzone.com/2021/02/06/yak…