Politics
Brazil’s Top Electoral Court Kills Lula’s Presidential Ambitions
Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has voted to ban former President Luiz Inácio Lula ...
On the Brink of Chaos, Brazilians Go to the Polls. Will Winner Be Able to Govern?
Democracies are often rocked by wars and internal conflicts that brew up dissonance, clashes, ...
Brazil: Any New President Will Inevitably Disappoint a Polarized Population
This year’s Brazilian election is entering a decisive phase. With official television advertising beginning ...
Lula, Brazil’s Top Polling Presidential Hopeful Launches Candidacy from Jail
Electoral authorities have to determine if the embattled ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s ...
Fans Call Him Myth, Others Call Him Clown. Bolsonaro Might Become Brazil’s Donald Trump
Jair Messias Bolsonaro, a far-right candidate and congressman, has launched an improbable campaign to ...
Four Points to Consider for Understanding Lula and Brazil’s Coming Elections
The campaign for the up and coming presidential elections in Brazil officially began on ...
Brazilian Evangelicals, Swinging Hard to the Right, Could Put a Trump-like Populist in the Presidency
Even as the overall population of Christians in the United States declines, evangelicals have ...
Although in Jail, Lula Is Nominated by His Party to Be Presidential Candidate
Brazil’s leftist Workers’ Party nominated its charismatic founder Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for ...
Mapping Brazil’s Political Polarization Online
People increasingly use social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter as their primary source ...
Boeing Close to Take Control of Brazil’s Embraer, But There Are Still Some Hurdles
Embraer has certainly been making the headlines as of late. After finally reaching an ...
