Brazil is a country at the crossroads right now. Years of corruption, political chaos, and the late military junta have left the nation with an interesting – though far from unique – situation. Electoral politics are set to fail the growing country, as the popular Leftist candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva remains imprisoned and disqualified, and the proto-fascist candidate… Read more »
Brazil’s presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro needs more surgery as he recovers from a stabbing attack last week. Bolsonaro, a far-right candidate in Brazil’s October 7 presidential election, was attacked in the city of Juiz de Fora, by a man wielding a kitchen knife last Thursday. The former army captain was rushed to hospital where he underwent surgery on an abdominal… Read more »
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has pulled out of next month’s presidential election to allow his running mate to stand in his place. Lula had been the frontrunner despite being in jail for a corruption conviction and despite the top electoral court barring his candidacy.
Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants have crossed back over the border with Brazil in the last few days after a violent incident in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima state. Most said they were leaving because they feared for their lives after a young man was lynched, accused of killing a local man during a robbery.
More than 30 years after Brazil’s junta left power, the consensus that the military should stay out of politics has been broken, amid widespread dissatisfaction with the political class after several years of corruption scandals and economic turmoil. The frontrunner in October’s general elections, Jair Bolsonaro – whose lurid far-right proclamations have earned him the moniker “the tropical Trump” –… Read more »