Tag: Brazil

A young woman practices shooting in a gun club in Brazil.

After Bolsonaro, Brazil’s Gun Policy Will Likely Moderate Under Lula

Perhaps symbolically typified by the January 8th violence in Brasília, the transition of power ...

A supporter of Bolsonaro is detained during a demonstration against President Lula in Brasilia, January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Brazil’s Escalation of Facial Recognition Alarms Human Rights Experts

Police in Brazil are using facial recognition to identify protesters who rampaged through government ...

Two Brazilian classics just translated into English.

New Translations Introduce Brazil’s Lobato and Leminski to U.S.

New London Librarium, a premier publisher of translations of Brazilian classics, has just released ...

There was an anti-blackness streak to the Bolsonaro administration - Marcello Casal Jr/ABr

Lula Abandons Bolsonaro’s Colorblindness and Embraces Diversity and Multiculturalism

On 8 January, thousands of supporters of Brazil’s defeated former president, Jair Bolsonaro, stormed ...

Lula walks up the Planalto palace ramp with his wife and a group that included Chief Raoni of the Kayapó tribe, a Black boy, and a trash pick up lady.

A Rainbow over the Planalto: Lula’s Ministers Take Office 

“Workers of Brazil, you exist and are valuable for us!  Women of Brazil, you ...

Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro clash with security forces. Joedson Alves/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Bolsonaro Is the Main Responsible for the Storming of Congress, Supreme Court and Presidential Office in Brazil

Thousands of far-right supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country’s Congress, ...

The crowd who took over the houses of the executive, legislative and judiciary.

The Day Bolsonaro Supporters Invaded Brasília and Spread Chaos and Terror

Hundreds of supporters of the former president have stormed the National Congress building, as ...

Lula goes up to presidential office Planalto Palace with representatives of Brazilian society and his mongrel Resistance / Tânia Rego, ABr

Lula Becomes President a Third Time Vowing to Rebuild Brazil from the Ruins

Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as president on Sunday, returning ...

Held aloft as the embodiment of the beautiful game. Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images

Pelé, We’ll Never Forget You for All the Joy You Brought the World

Pelé, soccer’s first global superstar, has died at the age of 82. To many ...