Jair Bolsonaro

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

The marriage of the mayor of Araucária to a 16-year-old girl and the appointment of her mother to a position on the city council has sparked debate on a widespread phenomenon

The Federal Police’s press office provided a statement saying officers were carrying out 16 searches and six arrests in Rio de Janeiro related to the introduction of fraudulent data related to the Covid-19 vaccine into the nation’s health system

The news and opinion writer just won Spain’s ‘Diario Madrid Award’ and was named a World Press Freedom Hero by the International Press Institute

The Brazilian president’s return to power has been marked by efforts to reinstate his past social policies and undo what his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro did

Since the events of January 8 the recently-elected president has strived to ensure that military leaders defend South America’s largest democracy and stay out of politics

Streaming platform Globoplay scrambled to update ‘Extremistas.br’ after the assault on Brasilia’s government buildings on the eve of the premiere

‘Letters to Trump’ includes private correspondence with former presidents including Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Richard Nixon, along with celebrities like Oprah Winfrey

Prominent conservative politicians and ideologues meet at a convention tarnished by the disunity of the GOP

In his first interview since losing power, the former Brazilian president tells ‘The Wall Street Journal’: ‘The right-wing movement is not dead and will live on’

The new government of Lula da Silva is clamping down on the illegal mining industry in the Amazon, where the Yanomami have been severely impacted

‘Both our nations’ strong democracies have been tested of late ... very much tested,’ the US president said at the start of their Oval Office meeting

The former Brazilian president did not directly address the Jan. 8 assault on the buildings housing Brazil’s Congress and Supreme Court

The former president left Brazil for Florida on Dec. 30, two days before the inauguration of his leftist rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

The official website of the Brazilian armed forces said Gen. Julio Cesar de Arruda had been removed as head of the army

Demagogues – taking advantage of social unrest and polarization – are corroding the strength of democracies. Notwithstanding, institutions continue to show resilience in the face of authoritarianism

The case, the largest in the history of the Department of Justice, is far from over. Members of the Proud Boys are being tried for seditious conspiracy in Washington DC

At least 1,200 Brazilians have been detained after violently marching on the government buildings in the national capital, Brasília

The popular social media accounts of several prominent right-wing figures were suspended in the country on Friday night

A group of 46 Democratic lawmakers wrote to President Joe Biden on Thursday to demand Bolsonaro’s visa be canceled