After a very divisive election campaign, the winner of the Brazilian election will need to reuite the country.
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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?
Trump and Bolsonaro use religion in similar ways, but there are key differences between the two countries’ evangelical communities – and politics.
Evangelical protestants, around one third of the population, are likely to play a key role in the upcoming Brazilian election.
Militias mete out violence far from the centres of power – but their dirty work is politically useful.
The deforestation of the Amazon in Brazil is at its peak, with 2022 breaking all records. Deforestation threatens human rights.
Research confirms that Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, bears heavy responsibility for the death toll in his country, at every wave of the pandemic.
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula, enjoys a comfortable lead over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. But the Workers’ Party candidate faces many challenges.
Brazil’s president is mimicking some of former US president Donald Trump’s pre-election tactics.
Land grabs spearheaded by wealthy interests are accelerating deforestation, and Brazil’s National Congress is working to legitimize them.
Until Bolsonaro’s election win, sex workers had been gaining rights. His ultra-far-right, homophobic, racist and mysoginistic views have made the reality much worse.
Deforestation in Brazil was falling before 2014. Under Bolsonaro, it’s back to record highs.
More than 600,000 Brazilians have died of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. A new report says the policies of President Jair Bolsonaro are responsible for around half.
Some Amazon deforestation is caused by recent policy, but there are also long-term issues.
Don’t be fooled by the recent resignation of three members of the military in Brazil – the country is heading down an increasingly militarised path.
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Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t ousted just for typical political reasons, such as other politicians’ ambitions or grievances. He was thrown out because he was seen as a threat to democracy.
The pandemic’s not over yet, but these world leaders have already cemented their place in history for failing to effectively combat the deadly coronavirus. Some of them didn’t even really try.
The Brazilian president has engineered the conditions for the virus to run rampant through the country while he pursues his own agenda.
The new US administration has talked about setting up an alliance of democracies. For the time being, the project seems vague. Yet such an alliance is necessary.
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Executive Director of the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University; King's College London
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PhD Candidate in Law, King's College London
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Professor Emeritus of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of Brazilian Studies, Florida International University
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Professor of Modern Latin America History, University of Denver
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PhD Candidate, Human Geography, UCL
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Politics, York University, Canada
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Professor, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)
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Professor of Political Science and Founding Director, International Studies Program, Burman University
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