Brazil presidential election

Brazil Is Becoming a Socialist Dictatorship

Commentary Peacefully protesting against a controversial election is now a serious crime in Brazil, with sentences of up to 15 years or more. At least 1,200 people have been detained ...

January 17, 2023BY Augusto Zimmermann

Why Brazilians Can’t Trust The Military to Save Democracy

Commentary After electoral authorities declared the far-left candidate, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the winner of Brazil’s presidential ...

January 10, 2023BY Augusto Zimmermann

Brazil’s Anti-Globalist Refounding

Commentary Brazil still hasn't produced its great refounding. We’ve just completed 200 years of our land’s founding, and ...

November 17, 2022BY Ernesto Araújo

Another Lula da Silva Presidency Would Be a Disaster for Brazilian Democracy and the Press

Commentary Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the far-left candidate in Brazil’s presidential elections this year, has resumed his ...

August 14, 2022BY Augusto Zimmermann

Brazilian Presidential Elections: Lula’s Reelection Would Be a Reward for Corruption

Commentary When running as a candidate for the 2002 presidential elections, Brazil’s former president and now presidential candidate, ...

June 21, 2022BY Augusto Zimmermann

Why Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Deserves to Be Re-elected: Part 1

Commentary Jair Messias Bolsonaro is a retired military officer who has been the 38th President of Brazil since ...

April 29, 2022BY Augusto Zimmermann

Hands off Brazil’s Niobium: Bolsonaro Sees China as Threat to Utopian Vision

CATALÃO, Brazil—Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right candidate favored to win Brazil's presidential election this Oct. 28, has a vision ...

October 25, 2018BY Reuters