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Deforestation, Climate Policy and Elections in Brazil

img: Mapbox/CC BY Deforestation, Climate Policy and Elections in Brazil 02/01/2023 Bruno Marques Schaefer, PhD in Political Science (UFRGS) During the Brazilian presidential elections of 2022 and the following days (in particular the presence of the victorious Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at COP27), environmentalism appeared with greater vigor than in former elections. In the aftermath of […]

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The Sacraments of Brazilian Politics: a digression into the relationship between religion and power in the country

img: Leo Drumond/CC BY The Sacraments of Brazilian Politics: a digression into the relationship between religion and power in the country 31/12/2022 Jéssica da Silva Duarte, PhD in Political Science (UFRGS) In the current political context in Brazil, after the results of the elections that took place between 2018 and 2022, the role of churches

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“Brazil Never Again” or “Military Intervention Now”? A reflection on human rights in the presidential elections

“Brazil Never Again” or “Military Intervention Now”? A reflection on human rights in the presidential elections 23/11/2022 Bianca Isabel Lombarde Silva, M.A. in Social Science (UNIFESP) “The dictatorship is not over. The target is clear: the black, poor, and peripheral people, who don’t have access to justice,” said Débora Silva, in an interview about the

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The importance of religion in presidential elections in Brazil

img: Alan Santos/PR/CC BY The importance of religion in presidential elections in Brazil 23/11/2022 Manoel Schlindwein, PhD candidate in International Relations (IRI-USP) Visits to churches and temples, meetings with spiritual leaders, demonstrations of faith and praise and, above all, proposals and statements full of moral values, with a strong religious connotation. Throughout the 2022 presidential

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Bolsonaro’s diplomatic isolation and international support for democracy in Brazil

img: José Dias/PR/CC BY Bolsonaro’s diplomatic isolation and international support for democracy in Brazil 23/11/2022 Giovanna Macieira Rosario, M.A. student in International Relations (IRI-USP) During his time as President of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro did not win any sympathy from the international community. The Foreign Policy conducted by the former Foreign Minister, Ernesto Araújo, was

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EU-Mercosur: the trade agreement after the Brazilian elections

img: Miguel Schincariol/Fecomercio/CC BY EU-Mercosur: the trade agreement after the Brazilian elections 18/11/2022 Bruno Santos Fonseca, PhD researcher at Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI-NOVA) The political agreement reached on June 28, 2019, between the European Union and the Mercosur member states (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) has defined the future of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement that

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The construction of political-ideological propaganda about Venezuela promoted by the Brazilian right

The construction of political-ideological propaganda about Venezuela promoted by the Brazilian right 18/11/2022 Stephanie Braun Clemente, PhD candidate in International Relations (UERJ) The way a negative image is used about the political, economic and social situation in Venezuela, especially about the government of Nicolás Maduro, but also about the former governments of Hugo Chávez, is

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Public security as an agenda of the candidates for the State Government of São Paulo: Portable Operational Cameras (POC) and police lethality

Public security as an agenda of the candidates for the State Government of São Paulo: Portable Operational Cameras (POC) and police lethality 28/10/2022 Bianca Isabel Lombarde Silva, M.A. in Social Science (UNIFESP) Issues related to public security are often included in the script of interviews, sabbaticals and electoral debates, whether for presidential candidates or possible

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