Bolsonaro falters as his COVID disaster becomes impossible to ignore
Losing allies at home and abroad, could this be the beginning of the end for Brazil’s authoritarian president?
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Published in:democraciaAbierta: OpinionLegal flat-earthers and the rule of law in BrazilCriticism of the Supreme Court’s decision to annul ex-president Lula’s corruption convictions reveals how polarised...
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Published in:democraciaAbierta: InvestigationHow oil, cocaine and armed conflict threaten the survival of the Awá people'In our territories, the entry of different people and companies exploiting resources is advancing'
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Published in:democraciaAbierta: InvestigationTucupi, a spicy sauce to stop Amazon deforestationIn the Colombian Amazon, Indigenous women are planting chillies to end their communities' reliance on the cattle...
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Published in:democraciaAbierta: FeaturePatagonia is burning: the politics of fireIn Argentina, suspected arson is destroying land that Indigenous communities have long protected from miners and developers
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Published in:democraciaAbierta: OpinionWhat’s behind the proclaimed success of Chile’s vaccination strategy?The country has vaccinated nearly a quarter of its population – but there are still questions to be answered
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Published in:democraciaAbiertaUnholy alliance: the global crusade against reproductive justiceAs the far Right unites, it is time that we also stand together and strengthen our ties
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: Interview‘Bolsonaro’s politics of hate wants to destroy all that Marielle represents’Monica Benicio, the former partner of human rights activist Marielle Franco, murdered in 2018, explains how she is...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFlares from the AmazonDocumentary series collects the voices of indigenous communities in the Colombian, Brazilian, and Ecuatorian Amazon,...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIn the Menkragnoti Indigenous Land, we are resisting more than just COVIDWe depend on the forest and the river to survive, and will protect it from exploitation, says Pho Yre, an inhabitant...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIn the Colombian Amazon, Indigenous people resist threats to their territoryCommunities are trying to make their voices heard as mining companies and illegal prospectors eye up the region’s...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeatureThe Amazonian Indigenous communities fighting 'balsa wood fever' and COVIDThe extraction of balsa wood is a plague spreading through the Ecuadorian Amazon, and loggers have brought the...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBrazil’s catastrophic management of COVID-19 threatens the entire worldBolsonaro’s inability to curb the pandemic goes beyond creating a national tragedy – he has produced a global threat
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisThe ‘biggest judicial lie’ in Brazil’s history – former leader Lula is backWith his corruption convictions quashed, the former premier is no longer yesterday’s man. He could even be set for...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionHow Brazil’s far-Right ‘active knowledge’ industry supports Jair BolsonaroLike many right-wing populist leaders, Bolsonaro has encouraged people to question experts – inciting a wave of...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisA health check for democracy in Latin AmericaThis year’s election cycle will tell us whether political systems in the region can deal with social tensions made...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionWhat Portugal can teach us about the far RightUnless progressive social movements challenge the shortcomings of liberal democracy, the appeal of ‘anti-system’...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow President Bolsonaro used COVID-19 to erode Brazil's democracyAmid unprecedented chaos, Bolsonaro has shown an increasingly authoritarian attitude
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InterviewPrison has not discouraged Cuba’s leading dissidentThe human rights activist José Daniel Ferrer says recent protests have left the regime on the back foot.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionButantan, Bum Bum Tam Tam and how baile funk might save BrazilReviled by elites, this home-grown musical genre is proving an effective weapon in the fight against COVID-19 misinformation
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWe're hiring: fellowship focused on the Brazilian AmazonApply to be part of openDemocracy's Latin American section and develop an investigative project on the Amazon and...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisWith an election looming, can Brazil finally confront its injustices?In 'normal' circumstances, Brazil's multiple crises – in health, the economy, politics and the environment – would...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEcuador’s pro-mining politics dealt a blow by Indigenous, green movementIn a historic referendum, more than 80% of the electorate in Cuenca, Ecuador’s third-largest city, voted to ban...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: Interview‘Barbarism or solidarity’ at stake at Ecuador elections, says indigenous presidential candidateYaku Pérez, the leader of indigenous party Pachakutik, is running on a green platform – but can he reach outside of...
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Published in: HomeThe largest personal data leakage in Brazilian historyWhy the rest of the world should be worried, and think hard about how to create a data protection culture.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaVenezuela sends oxygen and doctors to the Brazilian AmazonAt the same time, Mexico cedes vaccines to poor countries while the U.S. and Russia refuse to join COVAX.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionViolence, patronage, and criminal governance in VenezuelaThe context of a recent blod bath in two Caracas' slums tells a complex story of how violence gets out of control.
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