One coup after another, a nation is destroyed.

The civil-military dictatorship that was established in Brazil after the 1964 coup was a well-planned process, so much so that it had public support. The press was fundamental in manipulating information and creating an environment favorable to the coup, involving the clergy and businessmen. 

The Institute for Social Research and Studies (IPES) and the Brazilian Institute for Democratic Action (IBAD), created in 1961, were responsible for coordinating actions in preparation for the coup. They dedicated themselves tirelessly to a media campaign to manipulate public opinion and amplify opposition to João Goulart's government across various social classes, and later to incite the need to overthrow his government. 

IPES's method involved an intense media campaign targeting public opinion; the same method ensured the success of the June 2013 marches, the Lava Jato operation, and the impeachment campaign.

Groups such as American Economic Foundation and Latin American Information CommitteeThey provided the necessary funding to depose Latin American presidents who refused to align themselves with the US political agenda. 

With money to spare, IPES set up the necessary structure to sow terror around a non-existent "Red Danger"To accuse João Goulart's government of being communist, despite the fact that the policies proposed by Goulart were capitalist and reformist in nature." 

A "March of the Family with God for FreedomThe protest, organized by IPES, brought approximately 500 people to the streets to protest against the 'Basic Reforms' and had a strong impact on public opinion, normalizing the coup that established the dictatorship.

I was born in 1964, when João Goulart was still president. 

I didn't live through the dark years of the dictatorship, however, from 1979 onwards, I participated in the process of restoring the student movement; the return of multi-party politics; the 1982 elections; the Diretas Já (Direct Elections Now) demonstrations in 1984; I watched on TV the election of Tancredo and the inauguration of Sarney; the democratic transition; the victory of Jacó Bittar in Campinas in 1988; the birth of the New Republic in 1989 with the direct election of Collor, his inauguration in 1990 and the impeachment in 1992; I discovered in Itamar Franco a democrat and progressive, who conquered inflation; later, FHC, elected and re-elected, surrendered to liberalism, sold "at a bargain price"What could have been privatized and also what should never have been; FHC handed over to his successor a country held hostage by the IMF, with very high inflation and unemployment, a mediocre GDP and no foreign exchange reserves."

In 2003, the Brazilian people finally reached the Planalto Palace represented by a lathe operator who became a union leader, founded a social-democratic party, and became one of the most important popular leaders of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. After eight years, Lula could celebrate a successful government and the election of his successor, Dilma Rousseff, in 2010.

In 2013, we watched, without understanding, the June marches that brought down Dilma's approval rating from over 80% to just under 10%, and we witnessed the birth of the MBL and similar groups. 

I believe that the 'June 2013 marches' aimed to create the conditions for Dilma's defeat in 2014. 

However, Dilma won, to the despair of those who planned her defeat, and for that reason, even before her inauguration in 2015, a campaign began to destroy her, the PT, Lula, and for impeachment, which occurred in 2016.

Given this retrospective, it is possible to compare the actions of IPES with the 'marches of 2013', with structures like the 'MBL' and with Lava-Jato, all financed by international interests.

MBL is said to be a creation of the Koch brothers, owners of a conglomerate of companies, including in the oil sector, so much so that its coordinators received training in... Students for Liberty, an organization that is funded by the Koch brothers.

Well, already under the influence of Lava Jato in March 2015, 350 million protesters took to the streets to protest against Dilma's government, and a year later, a new protest brought 3 million people to the streets to demand the impeachment of the President and the imprisonment of Lula. The voice of the streets lent legitimacy to the coup plotters who contested the election results and proposed, immediately following Rousseff's victory in the second round of the presidential election, her impeachment. 

To the 'June marches They created a general climate of dissatisfaction with the institutions of representative democracy among the public, a distrust in traditional political organizations, and reinstated the streets as the site of political struggle, breaking with a pattern of institutionalization of demands that marked the democratic period. Would this be the end of the New Republic?

The protests were destructive for the PT and its governments, but the Brazilian right understood the "spirit of the June marches" and put its coup-plotting nature into action. 

And the diligent media broadcast the institutional chaos live on TV, which had a strong impact on public opinion, even though the protests mainly mobilized the middle and upper classes who responded to the call from organizations like the MBL.

The target wasn't just the PT (Workers' Party), but the entire left. However, the various parties didn't realize this and, in an attempt to protect themselves, remained silent, cowered, or supported the 2016 coup in the form of impeachment.

The fact is that, with media support, right-wing organizations like the MBL managed to mobilize a social base without a tradition of street protests, sustaining a campaign that ousted a democratically elected president.

And this right wing, represented by the 'MBL', with Lava-Jato and the corporate media as partners, helped to lift the far-right out of the mire and elect Bolsonaro.

See how important Lula's election is. 

Therefore, Sunday is not just another election; it's about putting an end to the coup-mongering delirium and resuming the path of democracy, without further scares or coups, and returning the far-right to the obscurity from which it emerged. 

These are my reflections.