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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionWhy Bolsonaro may want to think twice about Putin’s support
As Brazil’s elections loom, President Bolsonaro finds himself behind in the polls and isolated internationally. Can...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisIs Latin America shifting to the Left again?
After the Left’s success in Chile, Honduras and Peru last year, will Brazil and Colombia follow suit in 2022?
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionHow much has Bolsonaro changed Brazil’s role in the world?
The far-Right leader’s status as an international pariah masks some important points of continuity
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionIs there a ‘third way’ for Brazil?
As Bolsonaro and Lula square up for next year’s election, some Brazilians demand an alternative. But does it risk...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionJohnson’s UK, Bolsonaro’s Brazil and Orbán’s Hungary: peas in a state-captured pod
State capture happens when narrow interest groups take control of public policy, buying influence to rewrite the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFate of the Piripkura tribe in the hands of agency taken over by Bolsonaro
Last remaining family members rely on Brazil’s Indigenous land protection orders for survival. With the protections...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionIf we lose the Amazon, our world will lose its future
Brazil is voting to legalize the destruction of the Amazon forest and the extermination of Indigenous peoples, the...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisThe war on Indigenous rights in Brazil is intensifying
The Bolsonaro government is using legislation and the courts to try to deprive indigenous people of their rights
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisJair Bolsonaro is betting on chaos in Brazil
More than 100 impeachment requests, a corrupt government, and a fatally mismanaged health crisis. Yet the president...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: Interview‘Bolsonaro’s politics of hate wants to destroy all that Marielle represents’
Monica Benicio, the former partner of human rights activist Marielle Franco, murdered in 2018, explains how she is...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisBolsonaro falters as his COVID disaster becomes impossible to ignore
Losing allies at home and abroad, could this be the beginning of the end for Brazil’s authoritarian president?
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBrazil’s catastrophic management of COVID-19 threatens the entire world
Bolsonaro’s inability to curb the pandemic goes beyond creating a national tragedy – he has produced a global threat
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisThe ‘biggest judicial lie’ in Brazil’s history – former leader Lula is back
With his corruption convictions quashed, the former premier is no longer yesterday’s man. He could even be set for...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionHow Brazil’s far-Right ‘active knowledge’ industry supports Jair Bolsonaro
Like many right-wing populist leaders, Bolsonaro has encouraged people to question experts – inciting a wave of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow President Bolsonaro used COVID-19 to erode Brazil's democracy
Amid unprecedented chaos, Bolsonaro has shown an increasingly authoritarian attitude
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisWith an election looming, can Brazil finally confront its injustices?
In 'normal' circumstances, Brazil's multiple crises – in health, the economy, politics and the environment – would...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe tamed and the untameable: How the establishment is serving Bolsonaro's authoritarianism
Who is more threatening to Brazil’s democracy? Bolsonaro – an openly and unapologetically authoritarian...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTwo years after Bolsonaro’s election: Brazil on a perpetual campaign trail
Bolsonaro continues to behave as if he is outside of ‘the system’ and consistently distances himself from any event...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBolsonaro embraces welfarism and draws closer to Lula
"If you run for president, you have to say you are going to expand Bolsa Família. So, go and vote for another...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionThe Bolsonaro thing
Historical facts do not repeat themselves, but they can rhyme, like the verses of a long poem.
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job