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October 24, 2018
A Genuine Fascist Is on the Verge of Power in Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro, now far ahead in the polls, approves military dictatorship and has called for violent destruction of the left—and investors seem to approve.
Andy Robinson
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October 18, 2018
Letters From the November 12, 2018, Issue
Holding banks to account… A radical cure… Time for Amazonian outrage…
Our Readers
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October 3, 2018
How Lula’s Legacy Hurts His Party’s Prospects
The grand ambitions of the former Brazilian president planted the seeds for the Workers’ Party current woes.
Omar G. Encarnación
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September 21, 2018
The Brazilian Elite’s Plan to Destroy the Workers’ Party Has Failed
The party’s Fernando Haddad is rising in the polls, but the neofascist—and front-runner—Jair Bolsonaro is gaining elite support.
Andy Robinson
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May 9, 2018
The Rise and Fall of the Latin American Left
Conservatives now control Latin America’s leading economies, but the region’s leftists can still look to Uruguay for direction.
Omar G. Encarnación
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April 19, 2018
Lula May Be in Jail, but Brazil’s Occupy Movement Won’t Let Hope Die
The Curitiba camp has become ground zero for a left that has been fighting an uphill battle since before the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff.
Michael Fox
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February 28, 2018
Deceit at a Brazilian ‘Crisis Pregnancy Center’
A Catholic psychologist in São Paolo tries to shame an undercover reporter into not having an abortion.
Andrea Dip
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September 29, 2017
Hélio Oiticica’s Place for People
The Brazilian artist’s manipulations of color and space became a way for him to challenge society’s inequalities.
Miguel Salazar
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August 16, 2017
Amid Crisis in Brazil, the Evangelical Bloc Emerges as a Political Power
In the world’s largest Catholic country, a rival Christian movement could select Brazil’s next president.
Omar G. Encarnación
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August 9, 2017
Brazil’s Most Popular Leader Has Been Convicted of Corruption on Flimsy Evidence
Lula da Silva and his Workers’ Party are an affront to the country’s traditional elite—which is itself mired in corruption—so they want to destroy him by any means necessary.
Mark Weisbrot