The debate surrounding the biopic about Jair Bolsonaro raises, in a contemporary context, an age-old question: when does cultural expression remain within the realm of artistic freedom, and when does it begin to produce politically sensitive effects that require heightened public scrutiny? As Martin Scorsese observed,
The history of Brazilian journalism is rife with episodes that have evolved from mere tragic mistakes into prophecies. The case of Escola Base remains the most instructive and cruel example of this phenomenon: an investigation into alleged child abuse in 1994 that, driven
If democracy dies in the silence of forced consensus, it rots away in the deafening noise of incivility. Contemporary political analysis is mired in a lazy diagnosis: polarization. It is spoken of as if it were an unprecedented pathology, a virus that suddenly infected the body
For decades, it was believed that elections were essentially economic referendums. But Brazil and the United States are beginning to suggest that this relationship may be changing. For much of the 20th century, democratic politics seemed to follow a simple rule: when the economy
While the first stage established the need for realism and the second defined its institutional constraints, this third stage highlights the strategic consequence of internal instability: the loss of international influence.
While the first stage emphasized the need for realism and the second defined its institutional constraints, this third stage reveals the strategic consequence of internal instability: a loss of international influence.
Brazilian politics has been analyzed, all too often, through a moralizing lens that oversimplifies deeply complex processes.
In recent weeks, a series of measures have profoundly affected the government: the return of the PIS/COFINS Provisional Measure, the Beaches Bill, the Abortion Bill, the Blouses Bill, fiscal balance, the eternal Petrobras clash, whether with dividends or changes to
Last Thursday, May 30, 2024, the United States witnessed an unprecedented event in its political history. Former President Donald Trump was convicted by a New York jury on all 34 counts of accounting fraud, related to the payment
While Rio Grande do Sul faces the painful consequences of the floods that have devastated the state, a remarkable movement of solidarity is spreading throughout Brazil. It's a familiar scene in our land: when a region is hit by a catastrophe, the
