Brazil

March 30, 2018
Matías Vernengo

Brazil’s leading presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva could face jail time as soon as April 4 and his subsequent disqualification from the race. What does this mean for the future of democracy and the Left in Brazil?  

March 27, 2018
Rafaela Cardoso and Margit Ystanes

What does the assassination of Rio de Janeiro councilmember Marielle Franco—a prominent LGBTQI activist and socialist, outspoken critic of the police, and Rio’s only black councilmember—mean for the future of Brazil?

February 2, 2018
Editors

Latin America's largest economy is in disarray; its Workers’ Party faces destruction; its radical left searches for a response. The second installment of our coverage on Lula’s conviction.

February 2, 2018
Alexandre Fortes

Brazil's progressive forces face an enormous challenge in rebuilding the Left. But the game is far from over—and Lula will continue to play a key role in it.

February 2, 2018
James N. Green

What’s next for the Brazilian left?

February 2, 2018
Bryan Pitts

"For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law."

February 1, 2018
Sabrina Fernandes

As Lula's judicial saga moves into a new stage, the Brazilian left faces more questions than ever.

February 1, 2018
Daniela Mussi

The Lula conviction signals the end of an era for the Brazilian left. But it's profoundly unclear what comes next.

February 1, 2018
Tamires Gomes Sampaio

The deep arbitrariness of Brazil's judicial system is a legacy of enslavement and colonialism.

February 1, 2018
National Coordination of the Homeless Workers Movement

Brazil's Homeless Workers' Movement (MTST) gives eight reasons why Lula’s conviction was unjust.

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