Politics

Asprational Power

Brazil’s Rule-Taker Role and Its Inability to Become a Rule Maker

Book Review: Aspirational Power: Brazil on the Long Road to Global Influence by David ...

Brazilians Are Again in the Streets Calling for Another President’s Ouster

Brazil’s President Michel Temer promised he would step in should legislators under suspicion of ...

Until Recently Brazil’s Most Powerful Politician, Ex House Speaker Is Now a Jailbird

Impeached Deputy Eduardo Cunha was arrested this Wednesday, October 19, in Brazilian capital Brasilia, ...

There’s Something About the State that Brazilian Neoliberals Hate

At the same moment that the lower chamber of the Brazilian congress was moving ...

Angola Affair: One More Nail on Former Brazil President Lula’s Coffin

Brazilian federal prosecutors in the Federal District filed charges against former president Luiz Inácio ...

Brazil House Approves Constitutional Amendment Limiting Public Spending for 20 Years

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies on Monday night (October 10) voted 366-111 (with two abstentions) ...

Snowden’s Brazilian Friend in Rio Wins a Seat as a Councilman

Brazilian activist David Miranda, a personal friend of the American whistleblower Edward Snowden, was ...

Lula, Brazil’s Ex-president, One Step Closer to Jail

Brazil’s Supreme Court approved a request to probe former President Luiz Inácio Lula da ...

Brazil President Gets First Win in Congress in Fight to Contain Public Spending

A congressional committee in Brazil approved on Thursday a constitutional amendment that would limit ...