Lula convicted in new corruption case
It was a different case — and a different judge — but the verdict was pretty much the same. (...) READ MORE
Lula February 17, 2019
Supreme Court Chief Justice overrules injunction that could set Lula free
Brazil’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Dias Toffoli struck down a decision that would have set former President Lula free from (...) READ MORE
Can the left thrive in Brazil’s Congress without the Workers’ Party?
The 2018 Brazilian presidential election was marked, among other things, by the sheer inability of political figures left of (...) READ MORE
What can Brazil learn from the Philippines?
President-elect Jair Bolsonaro is often referred to as the “Trump of the Tropics,” a comparison Mr. Bolsonaro fuels himself, (...) READ MORE
Why is the Brazilian middle class so pissed off?
The extreme political polarization witnessed during this year’s Brazilian presidential election is connected to the class divisions exacerbated by (...) READ MORE
How Bolsa Família really impacts Brazilian elections
One of the main topics of discussion in the past four presidential elections has been Bolsa Família, the conditional (...) READ MORE
Is Ciro Gomes Brazil’s Bernie Sanders?
Jair Bolsonaro, the favorite to win Brazil’s presidential race, has welcomed comparisons to U.S. president Donald Trump. Well, another (...) READ MORE
João Doria and the fetishization of the Workers’ Party
There is a good chance that Thursday’s debate, held by TV Bandeirantes, between João Doria and Márcio França, the (...) READ MORE
How did Fernando Haddad get here?
Just a few weeks ago, voters from the countryside of Bahia commented that they would vote for “Andrade,” or (...) READ MORE
Some things are more important than corruption
This article was originally published on In the anti-corruption community, it is fairly common to puzzle over—and bemoan—the fact (...) READ MORE
