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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.
Because Trump picked this fight due to his concerns about Brazilian politics, that country’s presidential elections might quell it soon.
Bilateral meeting between both presidents sent a clear signal to Lula’s domestic audience: the relationship with Washington is not broken, and it does not require a Bolsonaro to fix it.
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.
The hard-line approch to law enforcement risks perpetuating the lawlessness it is trying to stamp out.
The Brazilian president said that ‘it is worrying to equate crime with terrorism,’ in direct reference to Donald Trump’s attempt to equate Latin American organized crime groups with terrorist organizations.
The guilty verdict against the former president could prove a historic opportunity to consolidate democracy, or begin a new phase of democratic erosion.
Supreme Court justices voted 4-1 to convict former Brazilian president over a 2023 plot to overturn election.
Failed coup leaders don’t always face punishment – and some who do receive treatment outside of courts.
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.
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.
Second acts in politics have historically been marred by leaders who are unable, or unwilling, to adjust to unexpected developments in the domestic, economic or global arenas.
South Africa can learn a trick from Brazil’s use of its G20 presidency to drive its domestic policy agenda.
Protectionist policies could harm exports of Brazilian industrial products, and the alliance between the US and Argentina will jeopardise Brazil’s efforts to integrate South America
Brazil’s historic anti-corruption probe has not fostered a reformist elite set on strengthening the rule of law.
Donald Trump says he’s being politically persecuted, like Russian democracy martyr Alexei Navalny, who died while in a Russian prison on Feb. 16. A scholar says there’s no comparison between the men.
Federal Police arrested some of Bolsonaro’s closest aides and carried out search warrants against former ministers and high-ranked military officers. The allegation: plotting a coup.
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