Can Bolsonaro “steal” the Northeast from Lula?
The Brazilian Northeast has been impermeable to Jair Bolsonaro’s coarse charm. The region gave him only 30 percent of (...) READ MORE
Lula April 23, 2019
Explaining Brazil #55: After 1 year in jail, what will become of Lula?
This episode, After 1 year in jail, what will become of Lula, is supported by Fast Help. Fast Help is a (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #53: The new face of Brazil’s Operation Car Wash
This episode, The new face of Operation Car Wash, is supported by Fast Help. Fast Help is a Brasília-based (...) READ MORE
Brazil’s Supreme Court trying its hand at digital justice
Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court is a strange beast. Its 11 members—often selected based on personal connections and ideological alignment (...) READ MORE
What became of the Workers’ Party?
Of the last five presidential elections in Brazil, four were won by a single political party. The Workers’ Party (...) READ MORE
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
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
