"National polarization has intensified over the past two years" in Brazil, a Genial/Quaest survey cited by financial news outlet Valor Econômico revealed in October . Former President Jair Bolsonaro ...

Brazilian democracy has spent the past three years in a near-permanent state of tension – a full-body clench against an ex-president who refused to accept defeat. On Saturday morning, those muscles ...

Brazil’s complex governance system creates impacts at all levels across the country, including consequences for environmental policies. Although the Brazilian Congress is designed to be the ...

Brazil had its own January 6 in 2023, when hundreds of former President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace in Brasília. They were protesting ...

A woman walks past a banner depicting former President Jair Bolsonaro behind bars, in Sao Paulo, Sept. 12, 2025 (AP photo by Andre Penner). The conviction of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ...

President Donald Trump's surprise announcement on Wednesday that the White House planned to levy a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports has sent shockwaves through both countries, leaving consumers and ...

(RNS) — Netflix released the documentary ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,’ which seeks to understand how the far right mobilizes faith for political interest. (RNS) — Protesters were dressed in national ...

Pictures of the Week Global Photo Gallery Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro stands at the entrance of his home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia ...

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