Sep 2, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Vanessa Andreotti Brazil is voting to legalize the destruction of the Amazon forest and the extermination of Indigenous peoples, the forest’s last line of defense. It is not just the people of Brazil who will suffer in the face of their government’s smartly...
Apr 5, 2021 | Politics & Society
COVID-19 is a truly global pandemic, but the threats to the health, wellbeing, and economic prospects of people are particularly salient across Latin America. Two countries, in particular, Brazil and Mexico, are feeling the brunt of the pandemic more so. Doug Becker...
May 27, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Genaro Oliveira When Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll passed China’s some days ago, a local reporter asked Jair Bolsonaro his thoughts on the morbid figures. The president’s first answer “So what?” When Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll passed China’s some days ago, a local...
May 6, 2020 | Politics & Society
Brazil is the largest country in South America, with the highest GDP, a huge population, large urban towns, and a deep divide between rich and poor. Its response to the coronavirus pandemic has implications not only for the country itself but also for the region and...
Nov 7, 2019 | Politics & Society
By Rodrigo Telles de Souza Amazonia Is burning, and corruption is one of the reasons, says Rodrigo Telles de Souza. Amazonia is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, spread over nine South American countries (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, French...
Apr 24, 2019 | Politics & Society
Brazil is the largest country in South America. It is the fifth-largest in the world and third largest in the Western hemisphere. Its GDP ranks it ninth in the world, and its population is 213 million. On October 28th 2018, Jair Bolsonaro won the presidency of Brazil...
Nov 5, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Helder Ferreira do Vale Helder Ferreira do Vale casts an eye over the recently concluded Brazilian presidential election. After the most polarized and divisive campaign in its modern history, Brazil has elected as its next president a right-wing politician who...
Aug 20, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Jessie Bullock The Global Anticorruption Blog’s Jessie Bullock looks at whether Brazil could be about to elect their own version of Donald Trump. Will Brazil get its own Donald Trump? Brazil’s next election is right around the corner (the campaign starts...