Politics
In Brazil Coups Are the Rule. Elected Government Is the Exception
With a rom-pom-pom, the Brazilian Marine Corps brass band introduced the national anthem and ...
Brazil’s Petrobras Corruption Scandal Gets Lula’s Finance Minister Arrested
Brazilian police arrested Guido Mantega, a former finance minister under presidents Luiz Inácio Lula ...
Popularity Down to 5%? So Be It if It Saves Brazil, Says President Michel Temer
During a press conference with US executives in New York, President Michel Temer reiterated ...
The Clique of Corrupts Installed in Brasília Won’t Stop Till They Pardon Themselves
In a move that shocked even the most longtime, jaded observers of corrupt Brasília ...
Brazil’s Former President Lula Is on Trial for Corruption
Brazilian federal judge Sérgio Moro accepted this Tuesday, September 20, corruption charges filed by ...
Brazil: There Was No Coup, But It Was Wrong and Damaging to the Country
The reply of my two distinguished Council on Hemispheric Affairs colleagues, Aline Piva and ...
Mayors Are Up for Election in Brazil. It’s a White Game
Brazil, a country where a majority of residents identify as non-white, will head to ...
Narcos Star Having a Hard Time Financing Movie on Brazilian Leftist Guerrilla
Wagner Moura, best known for his portrayal of Pablo Escobar in Netflix’s “Narcos” series, ...
Brazil’s Veja Mimics Newsweek and Offers a Grotesque Cover of Ex-president Lula
The latest issue of the conservative Brazilian magazine Veja echoes an October 2011 Newsweek ...
The Only Thing Neoliberalism Brought to Brazil Was Economic and Social Inequality
In “Brazil’s Temer Has Been Warned: Threaten the Golden Goose and You Will Be ...
