In March 2016, when the Twitter user @fabranquinho predicted that right-wing militias in Brazil might “Ukrainize”—that is, radicalize a nascent protest movement against left-wing President Dilma Rousseff in order to provoke government repression, which would then spur further protest—he seemed to introduce Twitter a neologism that would soon spread. Countless tweets and videos later, by 2020, the idea spiraled out of control.
Foreign Policy: How Brazil was ‘ukrainized’
The statue of Christ the Redeemer is illuminated in Brazilian flag colors, including a projected face designed by Brazil based Italian-French lighting artist Gaspare Di Caro, to celebrate 100 days until the start of the Olympic Games Rio 2016, in Rio de Janeiro on April 27, 2016.
Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday launched the 100 day countdown to hosting South America's first Olympic Games with government and global sports leaders insisting they can overcome Brazil's political meltdown and troubled preparations. / AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA
