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Bolsonaro Fans the Flames

As fires engulf the Amazon rainforest, the environmental policies of Brazil's president stoke international outrage and raise the risk of boycotts. Can economic pressure make Bolsonaro change course?

Oliver Stuenkel

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Economics Aug 30, 2019 Snapshot

Bolsonaro Fans the Flames

As fires engulf the Amazon rainforest, the environmental policies of Brazil's president stoke international outrage and raise the risk of boycotts. Can economic...

Oliver Stuenkel

Science & Technology May 10, 2019 Snapshot

Huawei Heads South

The U.S. government is on the warpath against Huawei in Latin America, but it risks overplaying its hand.

Oliver Stuenkel

An Huawei employee in Shenzhen, China March 2019

Religion Mar 7, 2019 Snapshot

How Evangelical Conservatives Are Gaining Power in Brazil

Evangelical conservatives are quickly overtaking Catholics as the most powerful religious demographic in Brazil.

Chayenne Polimédio

Bolsonaro in Brasília, Brazil, February 2019

Foreign Policy Jan 31, 2019 Snapshot

How South America Ceded the Field in Venezuela

As the crisis in Venezuela shows, South America is once again the playground of foreign powers.

Oliver Stuenkel

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro meets with soldiers in Caracas, January 2019.

Foreign Policy Jan 24, 2019 Snapshot

Brazil's Foreign Minister Wants to Save the West From Postmodernism

Brazil's new foreign minister, Ernesto Araujo, is a right-wing intellectual firebrand with some odd ideas and bold plans.

Nick Burns

Ernesto Araujo in Brasilia, November 2018.

Civil & Military Relations Jan 1, 2019 Snapshot

The Ghosts of Brazil’s Military Dictatorship

Brazil's failure to create accountability surrounding the military dictatorship that ruled the country for 15 years from 1964-85 may help explain how Jair Bolsonaro,...

Kenneth P. Serbin

Brazilian army soldiers during security preparations for Bolsonaro's inauguration in Brasilia, December 2018

Politics & Society Oct 28, 2018 Snapshot

Trumpism Comes to Brazil

Jair Bolsonaro has accomplished the once unthinkable: he has won the presidency of Latin America’s largest country, which accounts for approximately 40 percent of the...

Roberto Simon and Brian Winter

Jair Bolsonaro waves to supporters after casting his ballot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 28, 2018

Corruption Oct 26, 2018 Snapshot

Women for Bolsonaro

Despite Jair Bolsonaro's repeated misogynist comments about women, his anti-corruption, law-and-order platform has the support of many female voters concerned about...

Chayenne Polimédio

Corruption Oct 1, 2018 Snapshot

The Decline and Fall of Brazil’s Political Establishment

After watching politicians of nearly every mainstream party be caught in corruption scandals, Brazilian voters are willing to rebel against a dysfunctional system.

Eduardo Mello

Protesters denouncing corrupttion march in front of the National Congress Palace in Brasília, March 2016.

Politics & Society Jul 12, 2018 Snapshot

Will Brazil’s Next President Be a Far-Right Nationalist?

Many now see Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro as a dark-horse candidate—a populist outsider whose anti-establishment rhetoric may yet propel him to victory in the upcoming...

Bruno Carazza

Federal deputy Jair Bolsonaro, a pre-candidate for Brazil's presidential election, attends a debate at the Industry Confederation event in Brasilia, July 2018.

Corruption May 7, 2018 Snapshot

Will Brazil's Crackdown on Corruption Continue?

Since 2014, the Brazilian political class have pushed back against the Operation Car Wash anticorruptio probe, seeking new legislation to curtail the powers of...

Eduardo Mello and Matias Spektor

Demonstrators take part in a protest in support of Lava Jato (Car Wash) investigation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 2017.

Law & Institutions Jul 14, 2017 Snapshot

After Lula’s Corruption Conviction

Federal judge Sérgio Moro sentenced former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (known as Lula) to nearly 10 years’ imprisonment for illicit enrichment.

Juan de Onís

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is seen during the inauguration of the new National Directory of the Workers' Party in Brasilia, July 2017.

Politics & Society Jun 2, 2017 Snapshot

Brazil’s Best Shot Against Corruption

Moisés Costa

People attend a protest against Brazilian President Michel Temer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 2017.

Corruption Apr 19, 2017 Snapshot

The Case for Lula

Lula’s case has raised crucial questions about Brazil’s judicial system: specifically, whether it can give Lula a fair trial and protect the due process rights of...

Geoffrey Robertson

Corruption May/June 2017 Essay

Brazil’s Never-Ending Corruption Crisis

Rocked by endless corruption scandals, Brazil’s democracy is now at its most vulnerable point since the end of the dictatorship three decades ago. The only way to ward...

Brian Winter

Rousseff in Brasília after being stripped of the presidency, September 2016.

Trump Administration Feb 26, 2017 Snapshot

A Good Neighbor Policy for Trump

In the United States’ own neighborhood, U.S. President Donald Trump has a chance to realign relations with two of most important and influential countries in the...

José R. Cárdenas

Argentinean President Mauricio Macri and his Brazilian counterpart Michel Temer listen to their national anthems before their meeting at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, February 2017.

Crime & Drugs Jan 18, 2017 Snapshot

Brazil’s Correctional Houses of Horror

The recent mass killings in multiple Brazilian prisons shows that the country’s correctional system is in desperate need of reform. Brazil’s prisons are incubators of...

César Muñoz Acebes

Inmates are pictured on roof after an uprising broke out at Alcacuz prison in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, January 2017.

Brazil Oct 26, 2016 Snapshot

Brazil's Generation of Discontent

The unraveling of Brazil’s confused political order began in 2013, when millions of youth across the country took to the streets with a range of demands from...

Catherine Osborn

Olympics Aug 5, 2016 Snapshot

Olympic Hurdles

Rio is not the first host city to stage the Olympic Games at a moment of political peril. In fact, several Olympics have occurred amid political, economic, and social...

Jules Boykoff

Christ The Redeemer seen through Olympic Rings at Rowing venue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 2, 2016.

Politics & Society September/October 2016 Essay

How to Fix Brazil

The real cause of Brazil’s problems with corruption is not high-level individual wrongdoing but flawed political engineering. Only an overhaul of the country’s...

Eduardo Mello and Matias Spektor

An antigovernment demonstration in Brasília, March 2016.

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