Economic growth has bolstered the president, who has just completed one year in power. His administration has prioritized the fight against hunger and poverty, while investing in public works and environmental protection
The Australian professor has written a book that focuses a light on the American right, where free market principles merge with puritanism
An NGO warns that the increase in violence due to the establishment of drug gangs in the largest tropical forest in the world must be included in the environmental debate
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
Not only did I have to exile myself from Cuba, I also had to exile myself from its exile, because it is a totalitarian exile in its metaphysical dimension
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
The Armed Forces is facing a slump in popular credibility amid the requirement to punish those possibly responsible for backing an attempt to annul the result of the 2022 elections
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 president who once channeled anger towards the elites during his 2022 campaign is now being criticized for dismantling the welfare state
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
The political right knows that most Brazilians have rejected the coup-plotting, radical wing of the former president, but they also know that voters do not want a full return of the Workers’ Party in its purest form