The race between the incumbent president and Flávio Bolsonaro is a part of a decades-long right-left split in the country over the meaning of the nation.
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After ten months of investigation, the Banco Master case points to banker Daniel Vorcaro managing to take the country’s political system hostage.
President Donald Trump’s relationship with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is complicated by the US administration’s broader strategy in Latin America.
However, there is a more profound lesson we can learn from Brazil: Democracy depends on more than institutions.
The guilty verdict against the former president could prove a historic opportunity to consolidate democracy, or begin a new phase of democratic erosion.
Brazil’s democracy stands firm with conviction of Jair Bolsonaro over coup attempt.
US president’s letter to Brazilian counterpart mentioned trade deficit. But don’t be fooled, these tariffs are political rather than economic.
The latest legal developments could galvanize his right-wing base.
Lula’s courting of – or by – China and Western powers has confounded critics. But in reality, it is a continuation of the foreign policy he pursued during his earlier term in power.
For the first time, a former US president has been indicted, and two scholars describe what it means for democracy – and for them.
Brazil’s military portrays itself as guardian of the country’s democracy when it has often been anything but.
Rather than weaken or oust Lula, the riots seem to have paradoxically strengthened the president politically.
Ousted right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro had been mobilising supporters with talk of electoral fraud.
Hundreds of Bolsonaro supporters have been arrested and state governors read the riot act for disloyalty to the elected government.
A very tight election victory, a divided country and an economy in tatters.
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