Politics

Observer's cartoonist Chris Riddel Gets Inspired by the Amazon

How Does a British Cartoonist See the Political Change in Brazil

Max Bono talks with Chris Riddell at Lucca Comics and Games, in Italy Great ...

‘I will govern for all the people’: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva celebrates his election victory. EPA-EFE/Sebastião Moreira

New Brazilian President Lula Gets a Damaged Economy in a Divided Country

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has achieved a remarkable political comeback by regaining the ...

Many populist politicians do better in elections than polling suggests they will. Antonio Scorza/Shutterstock

Seen by Commentators as Unelectable, Brazil’s Bolsonaro Shows His Electoral Might

The sitting Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro secured an unexpected 43% vote in the recent ...

The first term of the elections ended up being a frustrating night for the Left

Far-Right’s Misinformation Machine Might Be Decisive in Brazil’s Election

Online disinformation is casting a shadow over Brazil’s presidential election. Jair Bolsonaro, the country’s ...

Jaider Esbell A conversa com as entidades intergaláticas para decidir o futuro

BRICS OFF THE WALL: How a Democracy Weakens through Presidential Elections

Silence is hardly the sound one associates with Brazil. Absent sound is not what ...

Close to 5000 Black Women Are Running for Office in Brazil. A record

Juliana Mittelbach, a 40-year-old hospital nurse from the city of Curitiba, Brazil, had long ...

Could all these Latin American banknotes make way for a single currency in the region?

Talks of a Latin American Single Currency Are in the Air Again

Real, bolivar, peso: Latin America’s means of payment are as diverse as its cultures. ...

Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro is attempting to win the Christian vote in the upcoming election. Joacy Souza/Alamy

Brazil President Betting Religion Will Keep Him in Power for Four More Years

This autumn’s Brazilian presidential election offers a glimpse of how 21st century populist leaders ...