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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 […]

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

img: OECD/Maud Bernos/CC BY Brazil in the OECD: a late admission 31/12/2022 Bruno Santos Fonseca, PhD researcher at Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI-NOVA) After the results of the second round of the Brazilian elections, which gave victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), and with the beginning of the transition process, will Brazil’s

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

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

img: Alan Santos/PR/CC BY The conservative tide in Brazil and beyond 18/11/2022 Jéssica da Silva Duarte, PhD in Political Science (UFRGS) Brazil is a tropical and coastal country, so it is to be expected that the tides are intense and marked by periodic oscillations. However, this same movement has occurred around the world, even in

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

The housing movement in the 2022 elections in Brazil 28/10/2022 Diego Matheus de Menezes, PhD candidate in Social Sciences (UFBA) Elections mobilize numerous political actors. In Brazil, the history of interaction between social movements and the State reinforces the importance of elections for the various sectors that make up civil society. In particular, since the

Fake news and electoral behaviour 25/10/2022 Bruno Marques Schaefer, PhD in Political Science (UFRGS) Since at least 2016, with the election of Donald Trump in the United States, a term has gained notoriety in the political-electoral dispute and in public opinion more broadly: Fake News. Sometimes used as a discursive weapon: one candidate claims that