Jair Bolsonaro

The electoral victories of Geert Wilders in the Netherlands and Javier Milei in Argentina are the latest episodes in a phenomenon that started with Trump and reflects lasting social changes

The largest rainforest in the world lost 9,001 km², an area equivalent to the size of Cyprus

Surveys from the most recent elections in Argentina, Poland, Brazil and Spain confirm that women vote less for extreme parties, as noted by many academic studies

The ex-president is accused of crimes that could lead to a 29-year prison sentence; 22 high-ranking military officers could also be charged

One week after Lula took office, thousands of former President Jair Bolsonaro supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace, refusing to accept his election defeat

The petroleum company celebrates its seventh decade of existence with its sights set on the equatorial sea around the Amazon, as it tackles the energy transition and the shadow of corruption

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the founder of Latinobarómetro — the largest public opinion survey in Latin America — analyzes the ‘democratic recession’ that she describes in her latest report

The far-right spreads lies about these goals — which were agreed upon by world leaders in 2015 — in order to boycott the progressive agenda

The annual festival gathers a million people in the countryside of São Paulo, embodying the power of the national economic engine

Aécio Lúcio Costa Pereira, 51, is the first of several participants in the uprising to be prosecuted

The prosecution, which is seeking 30 years for the first four defendants, plans to set exemplary sentences to prevent further attacks on democracy

Lieutenant colonel Mauro Cid, the Brazilian far-right leader’s secretary during his presidency, was released from jail in exchange for cooperation in investigations of his former boss

The São Paulo Biennial embraces social movements and brings back a popular dance piece effectively banned during the previous far-right administration

Support for the leftist president has risen in the south of the country and among evangelicals due to the positive economic outlook

The winner of Argentina’s primary elections is against abortion and supports the right to bear arms. But, at the same time, he’s in favor of the legalization of drugs and defends a person’s right to choose their own gender

The police ombudsman has opened an investigation after 600 officers were deployed in a favela following the fatal shooting. Witnesses reported abuses including alleged torture

The annual report by the Indigenous Missionary Council links the increase in violence to the dismantling of policies and the far-right rhetoric of the ex-president

Brazil’s top electoral court ruled last month that Bolsonaro is ineligible to run for any political office until 2030 for abusing his power

The measure seeks a legal framework for reserving 4% of its 900 labor inspector positions for specific minorities

A panel of judges voted Friday to bar far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro from running for office again after concluding that he abused his power and cast unfounded doubts on the country’s electronic voting system

Judges are evaluating a case filed by Brazil’s Democratic Labor Party, which claims the far-right leader abused his power by using government communication channels to promote his campaign and cast unfounded doubts on the electronic voting system

In 16 Central and South American countries analyzed in a report by the Rights and Resources Initiative, the area allocated to Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities increased by 52 million acres in five years