Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato) - How the U.S. Helped Destroy Brazil's Democracy

On January 8th, a mob of Jair Bolsonaro supporters stormed the Brazilian capital. But contrary to some of the simplistic explanations for this act that have been pushed since, its roots were planted long before Bolsonaro or Trump had ever entered the picture. The true story begins with Operation Car Wash in 2014, a lawfare campaign to destroy the Brazilian left, backed by the international media & US Government. This video is the complete story of this judicial persecution & propaganda campaign, which brought down a president (Dilma Rousseff), jailed another (Lula da Silva), and brought Jair Bolsonaro to power in the first place.
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00:00 Introduction
06:08 Background
09:45 Car Wash begins
15:46 The coup against Dilma
27:32 The persecution of Lula
38:07 Outline of US support
41:39 Lula's conviction & Bolsonaro's victory
54:58 The chat leaks
01:05:11 Lula's release & the fall of Car Wash
01:08:09 Lula wins in 2022 & the reaction it
01:15:20 Dissecting the 'fight against corruption' narrative
01:23:26 The economic effects of Car Wash
01:24:40 Conclusion





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