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Is Brazil's Political Climate Becoming As Polarized As The U.S.'s? Business Leaders Are Not Sure

"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 ...
Reason

Brazil's Democracy Is Not Safer After Bolsonaro's Conviction

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 ...
Mongabay

Brazil’s governance style leads to controversial impacts

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 ...
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Bolsonaro tested Brazil’s democracy. Its Supreme Court stepped in

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 ...
World Politics Review

After Bolsonaro’s Conviction, a New, Uncertain Phase for Brazil’s Democracy

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 ...