Bolsonaro Questions Integrity of the Brazilian Electoral System
On Monday, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro met with foreign diplomats and sowed doubts about the country’s electronic voting system.
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July 22, 2022
Brazil’s Lula da Silva Announces Running Mate
Last Friday, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva—the leading candidate in October’s presidential election—announced Geraldo Alckmin as his running mate during a press conference in São Paulo.
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April 15, 2022
Latin America and the Caribbean: Predictions for 2022
In 2022, the United States will find that after a few initial signs of hope, the hemisphere to which it is intimately bound by ties of geography, commerce, and family is more dangerous, less democratic, less stable, less willing to cooperate, and more engaged than ever with its extra-regional rivals.
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December 30, 2021
Jair Bolsonaro rallies supporters on Brazil’s Independence Day
On September 7, Brazil’s Independence Day, right-wing activists and self-proclaimed Bolsonaristas rallied in support of President Jair Bolsonaro, his beleaguered administration, and his escalating attacks on the country’s supreme court and other institutions.
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September 10, 2021
A weakened Bolsonarismo
For the past year or so, quantitative polls produced by various institutes have been revealing the constant decline in Jair Bolsonaro’s popularity throughout various social and socioeconomic strata. However, there has not yet been conducted a study that comprehensively captures the feelings and perceptions of the Bolsonarista electorate in depth.
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September 10, 2021
Hemisphere Weekly: A New Political Earthquake Shakes Brazil
As Brazil spirals deeper into the epidemiological crisis caused by COVID-19, a new political dilemma has also arisen in the South American nation. Following President Jair Bolsonaro’s sudden and unexpected firing of Minister of Defense General Fernando Azevedo e Silva last Monday, the chiefs of the Brazilian army, navy, and air force all announced their resignations in response.
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April 2, 2021
A Global Americans Interview with Will Grant, Author of Populista: The Rise of Latin America’s 21st Century Strongman
Grant provides an informative retrospective on the Pink Tide era.
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March 15, 2021
Hemisphere Weekly: Lula’s possible political return in Brazil
A supreme court judge in Brazil restored former President Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva’s political rights, annulling a series of corruption convictions against the left-wing icon and all but ensuring that Lula will challenge incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in 2022.
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March 12, 2021
Brazil: How should the once-dominant Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) reconstruct itself?
The PT has an opportunity to frame itself as the progressive alternative to the Bolsonaro government, but it must reconnect with its base.
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March 8, 2019
Russia in Latin America: Geopolitics and pragmatism
In recent years, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has become increasingly strategically interested in Latin America. Despite clear geopolitical goals, the Kremlin’s relationship with the region has been marked by pragmatic realpolitik.
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November 28, 2018