Opinion

Brazil’s Election Was No Surprise

No one in Brazil was surprised when Jair Messias Bolsonaro was elected president on ...

V as in victory. The Brazilian flag on the background

Courage, Brazil! The Day After the Presidential Election

We have to prepare for the day after. Brazil is already suffering from a ...

Jair Bolsonaro

The Rise of Jair Bolsonaro : Understanding Brazil’s Culture Wars

In the lead up to Brazil’s election second round, polls show far-right candidate former ...

Presidential Candidate Jair Bolsonaro

Can Brazilians from the Poor Northeast Prevent Favorite Bolsonaro from Becoming President?

As was widely predicted, Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right candidate of the Social Liberal Party, ...

Fernando Haddad and Jair Bolsonaro

After Angry First Round, Brazilians Seem Ready to Elect a Radical Right-Wing President

After a tense, violent and polarized campaign, Brazilians have voted to advance two candidates ...

Jair Bolsonaro, in campaign, on the arms of this fans

Presidential Elections: Will Brazil Be Condemned to Repeat Its Authoritarian Past?

For 21 years Brazil has experienced a brutal military dictatorship which lasted from 1964-1985. ...

Brazilian evangelicals pray in church

Even Being a Minority, Evangelicals Might Decide Who Is Brazil’s Next President

The influence of the Catholic Church has waned in Brazil, where people have been ...

Brazil's presidential candidates: Jair Bolsonaro, Marina Silva, Geraldo Alckmin, Ciro Gomes, Fernando Haddad

Who Will Compete With Bolsonaro to Become Brazil’s Next President?

With Jair Bolsonaro certain to reach the second round of Brazil’s elections in October ...

Presidential Candidate Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil May Elect a Fascist President. We Might Soon Be a Neopentecostal Turkey

It now looks increasingly like Brazil will elect a fascist president in November. I ...