and since franco's murder she doesn't go anywhere without bodyguards but she refuses to be intimidated. about it but we must now keep moving forward we will not give up we will continue mariel's fight around the world to achieve democracy for those who never had it those living in the slums and the fringes of brazilian society. as. most people here believe this was a political assassination franco's case shocks the country and prompted an outpouring of protests especially in rio where the military recently assumed control of the bankrupted state's public security and many here are critical of this move that we're going to tell about our democracy is under threat this worries me but at the same time it empowers me to take to the streets just park we're here because we want justice and we want to defend what little democracy we have in brazil there's a. lot they killed mariel's body but not her voice. telling me and the other demonstrators have no down that mariel's legacy is far more powerful than her killers could have ever imagined. and to some of the other stories making news around the world. myanmar has repatriated the first her hands of family despite u.n. warnings that

only return, we will talk about the assassination of human marielle ofist franco. stay with us. ♪ [music break] and because studio recording from 1984 released for the first time this week. the song was made famous when sinead o'connor covered it in 1990. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we returned to our exclusive interview with the former brazilian president dilma rousseff. i spoke to her this week and telephone you, raising support for the former brazilian resident luiz inacio lula da silva for the front runner of this year's election. i wanted to ask about the far candidateidential running in second place in the polls. on friday, bolsonaro was charged with inciting hatred and discrimination against blacks, digits communities, women, and game and and lesbians, trans people. he is facing three years in prison if you were convicted. prison if you were convicted. going back in time during his vote in favor of your impeachment as you pointed out, bolsonaro dedicated a moment to one of the men who tortured you w

only return, we will talk about the assassination of human marielle ofivist franco. stay w wh us. ♪ [music break] and because studio recording from 1984 released for the first time this week. the song was made famous when sinead o'connor covered it in 1990. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we returned to our exclusive interview with the former brazilian president dilma rousseff. i spoke to her this week and telephone you, raising support for the formerer brazilian resident luiz inacio lula da silva for the frontnt runner of this year's election. i wanted to ask about the far candidateidential running in second place in the polls. on friday, bolsonaro was charged with inciting hatred and discrimination against blacks, digits communities, women, and game and and lesbians, trans people. he is facing three years in prison if you were convicted. prison if you were convicted. going back in time during his vote in favor of your impeachment as you pointed out, bolsonaro dedicated a moment to one of the men who tortured y

you had the assassination on march 17 of marielle franco, the afro brazilian activist in rio march 27lula's caravan was shot at. and you have two army officers just in the last few days saying very threatening things. the first one saying if lula were eventually elected, there would have to be some kind of military intervention. and then the head of the armed forces appearing to endorse that by saying the day before the supreme court decision that, you know, he made a speech against impunity, indicating that the side the military was on. it mayit may have influenced the supreme court. you have a lot of things that bring to mind the 1964 coup and the dictatorship that lasted until the late 1980's. it is very threatening and buried dangerous situation. we e willweisbrot, continue to follow it. thank you for being with us, codirector of the center for economic and policy research, and president of just foreign policy. his new book "failed: what the , experts got wrong about the global economy." this is democracy now! if you want to see our full hour with lula, with a former president of