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Earlier this week, militant members of the Homeless Workers’ Movement (MTST) occupied the triplex used as evidence of former President Lula in the corruption charges leveraged against him. Guilherme Boulos, a national coordinator for the movement and current presidential candidate, quipped on social media: “If it’s Lula’s, the people can stay. If not, then why… Read More »
This week, the Explaining Brazil podcast will tackle fake news. While this phenomenon is by no means a problem exclusive to Brazil, our elections could be affected more than others: Brazil has 122 million Facebook users, making it the social media giant’s third largest market. Skewed facts are probably a well-established part of the agenda… Read More »
On October 26, 2014, Senator Aécio Neves gave his concession speech after losing the presidential race to Dilma Rousseff. His tone, however, was far from somber. Aécio had won over 51 million votes and managed to turn what was anticipated to be a slam dunk election for Rousseff into the fiercest campaign in Brazil’s democratic… Read More »
