Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro meets then US president Donald Trump in 2019. Alamy

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Learned Well His Lessons with Trump

The day after the attack on the US Capitol in January 2021, Brazil’s president ...

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Fiona Macaulay and Cláudio Gonçalves Couto
Brazilian truckers went on strike against expensive diesel and for tax reform

Strikes and Protests in Brazil Are a Reaction to the Country’s Government Paralysis

The February 22nd protest in Belo Horizonte, the resulting police action, as well as ...

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Peter Sufrin
Land grabs put the rainforest at risk by increasing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.

How Brazil Is Privatizing Public Forests and Opening the Door for More Deforestation

Imagine that several state legislators decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big. Also ...

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Gabriel Cardoso Carrero, Cynthia S. Simmons and Robert T. Walker
Maré de Sabores Project / Photo: Douglas Lopes

Brazilian Women Spearhead Initiatives to Address Gender-Based Violence

In Brazil, women are at huge risk of violence, especially if they are minorised ...

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Rebecca Wilson
Bolsonaro and Lula are expected to contest next year's presidential election | REUTERS/Alamy Stock Photo

Neither Bolsonaro (the Madman) Nor Lula (the Thief). Is There Another Choice for Brazil?

There is less than a year until Brazilians deliver their verdict on President Jair ...

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Katerina Hatzikidi
Former Brazilian president Lula was received by Macron with honors usually befitting a current head of state

Brazil President Calls Macron’s Warmth Towards Lula a Provocation

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said that former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva being ...

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The Frog and the Snake - by leonxxg

The Prince, the Frog and the Serpent: Brazilian Presidential Politics Since 1985

Brazilian presidential politics since 1985 is a parable of a feud between a Prince ...

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Ted G. Goertzel
Brazil's President at the launch of the National Green Growth Program in Brasília, EPA-EFE/Joedson Alves

Brazil Vows to Stop Deforestation. But Can You Trust President Bolsonaro?

On the second day of COP26 – the UN climate negotiations in Glasgow – ...

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Marcus Gomes and George Ferns
Bolsonaro in the presidential Rolls Royce with children, during the Independence Day celebrations - Marcelo Camargo / ABr

For Threatening a Military Coup, Brazil’s Bolsonaro Should Be Impeached

Jair Bolsonaro stopped governing a while back. In three years, his government has inaugurated ...

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Philipp Lichterbeck
Brazilian President shows his familiarity with a weapon.

The President of Brazil Wants a Rifle in Every Home

Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, said that “everyone should buy a rifle” in order not ...

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