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A political scientist analyzes the uncertain outlook for this year’s elections and the risks their results pose to governability and democracy in Brazil.
Jair Bolsonaro is now expected to begin a 27-year prison sentence for trying to stage a coup in 2022.
The loyalty of many Brazilians to Bolsonaro seems illogical until you look at where they find their news and information.
The latest legal developments could galvanize his right-wing base.
The complaint puts Bolsonaro in the position of being politically persecuted and has the potential to inflame the former president’s supporters, with possible electoral consequences.
Bolsonaro and 33 others have been formally charged over an alleged plot to seize power in 2023.
Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is ahead in the polls. But will his authoritarian rival, incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, accept the result if he loses?
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How did the British prime minister and Brazilian president’s brush with COVID-19 affect them politically?
A host of political and social factors have created Brazil’s polarised political climate.
John of God, the Brazilian spiritual leader accused of sexual assault, exploited women with a network of people dependent on him for money and power.
Women are fighting to tip the Brazilian election by using morals over politics.
As well as having dangerous social and political consequences, a Bolsonaro presidency would mark a massive shift for Brazil’s economy, too.
Brazil could see a return to the dark days of the military dictatorship.
A dejected public and a crowded, unpopular field of candidates make for an unhappy election.
Can South America’s biggest democracy run properly with a broken, corrupt political class seemingly unable to reform?
An appeals court ruling against popular Brazilian ex-president Lula has hotly divided Brazil. A legal scholar argues that this is a case of activist judges taking their anti-graft crusade too far.
Brazil’s political and business elites are consumed by scandal, but the courts are hardly squeaky clean.
Now that a judge has convicted Luiz Inacio da Silva of corruption and sentenced him him to almost a decade in prison, what’s next for the country that loves him?
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Executive Director of the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University; King's College London
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Lecturer in Latin American Studies, University of Oxford
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PhD Candidate in Law, King's College London
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Lecturer in Latin American History, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Global Religion and Politics, Lancaster University
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Constitutional Law Professor, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
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Lecturer in International Relations, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer in Latin American Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Maître de conférences en histoire contemporaine, Université Gustave Eiffel
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Director, King's Brazil Institute and Senior Lecturer for Brazilian Studies, King's College London
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Professor of Modern Latin America History, University of Denver
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Associate Professor of History, Boston University
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125th Anniversary Chair and Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, University of Sheffield
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Investigador Postdoctoral, Universidad de Granada
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Associate Professor of Brazilian Studies, Florida International University