Politics
Jailed Former Brazilian President Lula Is in Love and Planning His Wedding
Brazil’s imprisoned ex-president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, still loved by large parts of ...
Brazil President’s Promises of Better Future Look a Lot Like the Messy Past
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was elected last year on a wave of popular anger ...
Brazil Bolsonaro’s Very Short Honeymoon. His Lack of Experience Is Showing
Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro’s decision to mark the symbolic milestone of 100 days ...
How Gospel News Is Increasingly Shaping What Millions of Brazilians Think and Do
The new Brazilian government of Jair Bolsonaro has shocked the liberal world with its ...
Citing Death Threats, Gay Congressman Leaves Brazil to Undisclosed Country
A prominent gay congressman in Brazil announced that he was leaving his job and ...
President Bolsonaro: The Perfect Storm That Might Steal Away Brazil’s Democratic Future
This week’s inauguration of Brazil’s far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has dominated political analysis worldwide. ...
Resentment Rhetoric that Took Bolsonaro to Power in Brazil Might Keep Him Popular for Some Time
Brazil’s next president, Jair Bolsonaro, who takes power on January 1, is often called ...
Brazil Does a U-turn on Environmental Policy and Sides with Big Farmers
Environmental issues have figured prominently in Brazil as of late, and the Brazilian Forest ...
The Left By Insisting on “Us” Created the “Them” Who Took Over Power in Brazil
On October 12, 2014, a group of artists convened in São Paulo to support ...
Brazil’s President-elect Is No Trump. He Was Even a Hugo Chávez Admirer
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s president-elect, is sometimes referred to as the Brazilian Trump (Economist, 2017), ...