Tag: rule of law

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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. ...

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What Brazil and Latin America Can Teach About a Donald Trump’s Conceivable Impeachment

Some Americans and members of Congress have called for the impeachment of President Donald ...

Being a Judge in Brazil Is Often Also Being a Legislator

Judges in Brazil acquired from the 1988 Constitution an impressive degree of administrative, financial, ...

Let’s Hope Brazil’s Corruption Has Hindered Plans for a ‘Democratic Dictatorship’

The fact that the Lula da Silva administration has been reportedly involved in numerous ...

In Brazilian Doublespeak Tyranny Is Democracy and Vice Versa

It would be no mistake if someone argued that most of the Brazilian intellectuals ...