Leftist former President Lula da Silva is the clear favorite in Brazil’s 2018 presidential race, leading his closest rival — a firebrand conservative — by 15 points. The only problem: He’s in jail.
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Can South America’s biggest democracy run properly with a broken, corrupt political class seemingly unable to reform?
Some 60,000 Brazilians are killed each year, accounting for 10% of all homicides worldwide. As terrorised voters look to authoritarian leaders to impose order, Brazil’s democracy hangs in the balance.
Proponents of inward-looking politics have demonstrated an impressive capacity to exploit the globalisation of the political sphere.
Things keep getting worse for South America’s most populous nation and biggest economy. What is going on, Brazil?
The Olympics provide Brazilians with a welcome distraction from their country’s fraught and bitter politics.
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