Letters From the November 12, 2018, Issue Letters From the November 12, 2018, Issue
Holding banks to account… A radical cure… Time for Amazonian outrage…
Oct 18, 2018 / Our Readers
How Lula’s Legacy Hurts His Party’s Prospects 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.
Oct 3, 2018 / Omar G. Encarnación
The Brazilian Elite’s Plan to Destroy the Workers’ Party Has Failed 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.
Sep 21, 2018 / Andy Robinson
The Rise and Fall of the Latin American Left 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.
May 9, 2018 / Omar G. Encarnación
Lula May Be in Jail, but Brazil’s Occupy Movement Won’t Let Hope Die 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.
Apr 19, 2018 / Michael Fox
Deceit at a Brazilian ‘Crisis Pregnancy Center’ Deceit at a Brazilian ‘Crisis Pregnancy Center’
A Catholic psychologist in São Paolo tries to shame an undercover reporter into not having an abortion.
Feb 28, 2018 / Andrea Dip
Hélio Oiticica’s Place for People 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.
Sep 29, 2017 / Miguel Salazar
Amid Crisis in Brazil, the Evangelical Bloc Emerges as a Political Power 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.
Aug 16, 2017 / Omar G. Encarnación
Brazil’s Most Popular Leader Has Been Convicted of Corruption on Flimsy Evidence 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.
Aug 9, 2017 / Mark Weisbrot
Rio’s Olympic Legacy: A Body Count Rio’s Olympic Legacy: A Body Count
The current calamity in Rio was predictable. Every prospective Olympic city, especially Los Angeles, should be warned.
Jul 24, 2017 / Dave Zirin