Articles by Pedro Marin
We found 2 results.
The Not-So-Discreet U.S. Campaign to Pressure Brazil’s Foreign Policy
Pedro Marin | Revista Opera/Globetrotter – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jul 2023
Machiavelli has been exhaustively remembered these days, in the context of the Wagner Group mutiny in Russia, for his classic lessons on the use of mercenaries. It is also worth recalling the Florentine’s words about certain types of “allies”: “These arms may be useful and good in themselves, but for him who calls them in they are always disadvantageous; for losing, one is undone, and winning, one is their captive.”
→ read full article
The Wide Role Brazil’s Military Has Played in the Destruction of the Amazon
Pedro Marin | Orinoco Tribune - TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jun 2022
23 Jun 2022 – In the Brazilian Amazon, as deforestation reaches record levels and rivers are increasingly polluted, the illegal gold mining contributing to these problems continues largely unabated. The response of the government has been to increase military action to curb environmental crimes in Brazil. Far from achieving this purpose, however, the military intervention has only led to tragedies in the region, directly or indirectly.
→ read full article