Guide to Brazil (Society, politics, history)

Brazil’s Supreme Court: a trial machine

In April 2005, Carlos Velloso ruled on one of the strangest cases he can remember. In his decades-long career, (...) READ MORE

Foreigners sometimes seem dazzled by the high voter turnouts in our elections – it’s above nearly all developed nations (...) READ MORE

If you’re at all familiar with Brazil, then you’ve probably heard about the “jeitinho brasileiro” – or the Brazilian (...) READ MORE

Brazil has a visa policy that’s based on a principle of reciprocity: if we Brazilians need a visa to (...) READ MORE

Brazil is home to 19 of the world’s 50 most violent cities, according to Mexico City think tank the (...) READ MORE

Of Brazil’s 207.7 million inhabitants, just over half are women. Women are gaining ground in important areas, occupying 43 (...) READ MORE

When Brazil’s national statistics institute IGBE carried out its most recent national census in 2010, the results were unexpected. (...) READ MORE

Between exposés on the rise of Evangelical Churches and photos of exorcisms, Brazil’s rise in Evangelical Christianity has in (...) READ MORE

Brazil currently has a population of 207,995,710, with one new Brazilian born about every 21 seconds. By the time (...) READ MORE

Brazil, as with Portugal and seven other countries spread through Africa and Asia, has Portuguese as its official tongue. (...) READ MORE