num_pages: 280
description: In this riveting follow-up to his acclaimed international bestseller No Place to Hide Glenn Greenwald documents the courageous fight for press freedom in Brazil where authoritarianism and rampant corruption threaten the most fundamental principles of democracy.In 2019 award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald writes in his gripping new book a series of events commenced that once again placed me at the heart of a sustained and explosive journalistic controversy. New reporting by Greenwald and a team of Brazilian journalists had brought to light stunning information about grave corruption deceit and wrongdoing by the most powerful political actors in Brazil his home since 2005. These stories based on a massive trove of previously undisclosed telephone calls audio and text shared by an anonymous source came to light only months after the January 2019 inauguration of Brazils far-right president Jair Bolsonaro an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump.The revelations had an explosive impact on Brazilian politics (Guardian) and prompted serious rancor including direct attacks by President Bolsonaro himself and ultimately an attempt by the government to criminally prosecute Greenwald for his reporting. A wave of death threats  in a country where political violence is commonplace  have poured in preventing me from ever leaving my house for any reason without armed guards and an armored vehicle Greenwald writes.Securing Democracy takes readers on a gripping journey through Brazilian politics as Greenwald his husband the left-wing congressman David Miranda and a powerful opposition movement courageously challenge political corruption homophobia and tyranny. Most vitally Greenwald demonstrates the importance of independent journalism in holding governments to account reversing injustices and ultimately securing the freedoms of democracy.
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title: Securing Democracy: My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Brazil
publisher: Anansi International