Politics

Former president Lula and judge Sergio Moro

Lula Gets Assurances from Moro He Doesn’t Face Imminent Arrest

Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after almost five hours of testimony ...

People protest against Lula in Brazil - ABr

Brazil’s Lula Finally Meets the Judge Who Might Derail His Race to the Presidency

  It took close to five hours the deposition of former President Luiz Inácio ...

Protesters clash with police during Brazil's general strike - Tomaz Silva/ABr

The 35 Million-Strong General Strike that Stopped Brazil in Its Tracks

Amid record levels of unemployment and a terribly unpopular government, unions and citizens from ...

Brazilian congressman Jair Messias Bolsonaro - Antonio Cruz/ABr

Known as the Myth, Jair Bolsonaro Is Brazil’s Version of Donald Trump

On April 4, Christian Social Party congressman Jair Messias Bolsonaro gave a racially charged ...

Minister of the Supreme, Luiz Edson Fachin - Sergio Lima

Brazil’s Endless Corruption: 4 Ex-presidents, 9 Ministers, 24 Senators and More Being Probed Now

Justice Luiz Edson Fachin of Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled that allegations implicating Brazil’s ...

Former speaker of the House, Eduardo Cunha - ABr

Brazil’s Former House Speaker and Jailbird Threatens to Blow Up Business World

In jail for fraud, Eduardo Cunha, Brazil’s former lower house speaker and chief architect ...

Statue of Brazilian emperor Dom Pedro II in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro

128 Years After the End of the Empire, Brazilians Still Pay a Tax to the Emperor’s Heirs

With its colonial mansions, landscaped gardens and ornate fountains, the town of Petrópolis, a ...

A word collage

The Surreal Reality of Being a Journalist in Brazil, Where Judges Intimidate the Press

Brazilian journalist Erik Silva never imagined that printing information from a municipal government website ...

Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) building in Brazilian capital Brasília

If All Goes As Planned, Brazilian President Will Fend Off Trial and Complete Mandate

Brazil’s top electoral court on Tuesday delayed proceedings in a landmark trial about illegal ...