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Published in: democraciaAbierta: Opinion#BLM beyond the US: Anti-racist struggles in Latin AmericaOne year after the assassination of George Floyd, people are starting to acknowledge the systemic racism that runs...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisJair Bolsonaro is betting on chaos in BrazilMore than 100 impeachment requests, a corrupt government, and a fatally mismanaged health crisis. Yet the president...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe rise of Brazil’s neo-Pentecostal narco-militiaIn Rio de Janeiro, drug trafficking factions, paramilitaries and evangelical churches have united to fight a ‘holy...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMiners out, COVID out: Brazil’s Yanomami fight backThe Yanomami people in the Brazilian Amazon have been fighting the plague of extractivism for decades. Then the...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionHow I took the Munduruku fight to save the Amazon to the world stageThe Munduruku Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon faces many threats, but we know that we must unite to...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeatureEmbedded in the Amazon: new ways of narrating indigenous storiesThe Gabo Prize-winning series ‘Rainforest Defenders’ shows that deep empathy married with visual innovation can...
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: democraciaAbiertaThe tamed and the untameable: How the establishment is serving Bolsonaro's authoritarianismWho is more threatening to Brazil’s democracy? Bolsonaro – an openly and unapologetically authoritarian...
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