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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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Published in: democraciaAbierta: Opinion2020 saw the physical and moral disintegration of Brazilian societyThe failure shown in the face of the pandemic is repeated monotonously in all plans and areas of action of a...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBrazil's LGBTQ community faces surging violence, but they're fighting backWhen it comes to LGBTQ people, Brazil has a miserable record. But as awareness grows and more of them get elected to...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaOne thousand days without Marielle and Anderson – and a resounding silenceToday, we reach the end of a thousand-day cycle of resounding silence in Brazil. With no Marielle or Anderson, and...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: Opinion‘They took them alive. Alive we want them back’: race, class and enforced disappearances in Latin America"Vivos" is a film about the pain and ongoing struggle of the families of 43 Mexican students who disappeared in 2014...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaErasmo Theófilo: Amazon defender in danger
Erasmo Theófilo, a family farmer and defender of the riverine community and family farmers of Anapu, Brazil, has...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationDigital misinformation not only threatens Brazil’s 2020 municipal elections, it undermines democracyControl measures need to counter misinformation, extremist content, and cyberattacks at the same time. Failure to do...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionRacist murder in Brazil: Little has changed in the 325 years since Zumbi’s killingIn 2020, Black Awareness Day is marked by the brutal death of João Alberto Silveira Freitas, beaten by two security...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe wonders and limitations of Trump's downfallThe pincer movement through which the 0.1% imposed its agenda since 2008 has been defeated. It won't mean much if...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTwo years after Bolsonaro’s election: Brazil on a perpetual campaign trailBolsonaro continues to behave as if he is outside of ‘the system’ and consistently distances himself from any event...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe Covid-19 smoke curtain grows in Latin AmericaThe Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged Latin America during the last nine months. The region has suffered a severe...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBolsonaro embraces welfarism and draws closer to Lula"If you run for president, you have to say you are going to expand Bolsa Família. So, go and vote for another...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBrazil burns as we fight for lifeThe international community can help Brazilians by monitoring the unfolding of the environmental crisis and the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaA president without a party: Bolsonaro's strategy to depoliticize BrazilJair Bolsonaro, currently without political affiliation, spouts anti-politics rhetoric, while celebrating the...
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