Explaining Brazil

The Jair Bolsonaro administration has submitted a reform proposal of its own. And it is the most ambitious we've seen — ... Read more

Skewed facts are probably a well-established part of the agenda in any election campaign. But there’s no denying that so... Read more

Brazilians will elect a new president, 27 new governors, 513 congressmen, and over 1,000 state lawmakers. But how exactl... Read more

In politics, we usually say a new head of state enjoys a sort of grace period of 100 days. Popular support is still fres... Read more

In the second episode of our special podcast about Brazil's Constitution, we will talk about the institutional framework... Read more

In 2013, anthropologist Lilia Schwarcz published a book about race relations. She conducted a poll that revealed 97 perc... Read more

Sunday was a day that killed any argument that Brazil's institutions are working properly. Appellate judge Rogério Favre... Read more

Now, eight years after the end of his second term, Lula is in prison, serving a 12-year sentence for passive corruption ... Read more

At the end of November, Brazil's Ministry of Health signed an agreement with leaders of the food and drink industry to r... Read more

We analyze the reasons for the conservative tsunami that swept Brazil's 2018 election. Three main factors come into play... Read more

On Saturday, April 7th, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began serving a 12-year-one-month prison sentence. In a span of 8 year... Read more

This week, the leaders of the five countries meet in the 10th BRICS Summit, in Johannesburg. This summit is taking place... Read more

In 2018, law enforcement agents in Rio de Janeiro admitted to killing over 1,400 people — mostly in drug-related inciden... Read more

Jair Bolsonaro will, on January 1st, become Brazil's 38th president. What does his victory mean? And how will his presid... Read more

The race heads to the final days before Brazilians cast their ballots. What are the moves each candidate must make to ra... Read more

After Jair Bolsonaro's stabbing and the substitution of Lula as the Workers' Party official candidate, Brazil's presiden... Read more

While 70 percent of the population has access to the Internet, 63 percent still get their news from television, will soc... Read more

In the 1990s, the center-right seemed to be Brazil's dominating political force - embodied by the Social Democracy Party... Read more

As Brazil prepares to analyze the issue of abortion rights, we talk to the Center of Reproductive Rights about the possi... Read more

Venezuela has been haunted by multiple interconnected crises. The country’s inflation is expected to close this year at ... Read more