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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe tamed and the untameable: How the establishment is serving Bolsonaro's authoritarianism
Who 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 society
The 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 back
When 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 silence
Today, 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 democracy
Control 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 killing
In 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 downfall
The 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 trail
Bolsonaro 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 America
The 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 life
The 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 Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro, currently without political affiliation, spouts anti-politics rhetoric, while celebrating the...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBrazil's Bolsonaro attacks enemies real and imagined at the UN General Assembly
This was a speech delivered squarely to foreign investors and his domestic supporters. While Brazil's president has...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAmazon heroes who don't give up
The Guardians of the Forest, a group of indigenous Guajajara in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, struggle to defend...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAmericanism, anti-communism, anti-abortionism: fundamentals of Brazilian electoral foreign policy
FUNAG's activities show that it is more concerned with fighting an alleged communist threat than with promoting...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThis app is helping mothers in the Brazilian favelas survive the pandemic
A coalition of activists has distributed US$ 26 million in food parcels and cash allowances to more than 1.1 million...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNothing has changed and the Amazon burns again
Data suggests an Amazon fire season worse than 2019's, which shocked the world. So what are international investors...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe profound silence of the Kuruaya: Extractivism accelerates cultural extinction in Brazil
Odete Kuruaya is the last fluent speaker of her people's native language. Her culture, nearly decimated in the early...