Tag: Lula

Lula goes up to presidential office Planalto Palace with representatives of Brazilian society and his mongrel Resistance / Tânia Rego, ABr

Lula Becomes President a Third Time Vowing to Rebuild Brazil from the Ruins

Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as president on Sunday, returning ...

Truck drivers block a highway during a protest over Bolsonaro's defeat

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Is Going Out, But His Extreme-Right Movement Stays

The 2018 rise to power of Brazil’s outgoing president, Jair Bolsonaro, was fleeting and ...

Brazil's SUS, Unified Health System, was created in 1989

Brazil’s Universal Health Care Is Rather an Aspiration than a Reality

With an historical framework dating back over the past several decades and predominantly universalized, ...

Lula and Janja share a kiss after his election win on last October 30. 

Janja, Lula’s Wife, Will Give a New Meaning to First Lady

The future first lady of Brazil, Rosângela Lula da Silva, nicknamed Janja, will work ...

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 ...

Dani Silva, center, alongside Francineide Ferreira dos Santos and Raimunda Gomes da Silva. All three were expelled from their land. | Pablo Albarenga

For Dani, Defending the Amazon Is Defending the Planet’s Life

Some 40 kilometers from the Brazilian city of Altamira, ‘Photograph Belo Monte’ is written ...

Brazil's education system is highly stratified, favoring the elite over the general public

Despite Challenges, Brazil Strives for Success in Its Education Goals

Perhaps nothing better characterizes the recent trend in the Brazilian education system than Bolsonaro’s ...