Have you ever wondered how Brazil's states came to be? In this video, we explore the fascinating history and evolution of the ...

But whatever the result, one thing is clear - Brazil's political geography has shifted sharply towards the left. Throughout the country, left and centre-left candidates have performed well in ...

Cases of politically motivated violence against candidates, officials and government workers have spiked 23% since 2020, according to the Observatory of Political and Electoral Violence in Brazil.

Already shaking with economic chills and fevers, Brazil floundered last week into its gravest political crisis since the suicide of President Getulio Vargas last year. The sudden exposure of a ...

Brazil’s vote could change region’s political map. By Andres Oppenheimer. September 7, 2014 ...

The memo is part of a series of red alerts about political violence in the run-up to the Oct. 2 election, Brazil's most fraught since the end of military rule in 1985.

The PT’s historic crisis—the most concentrated manifestation of a crisis of Brazil’s post-dictatorial political regime as whole—paved the way for Bolsonaro’s rise to the presidency in 2018.

Supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro hold a banner reading 'military intervention' in Portuguese as they storm the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, on Sunday, Jan ...

Brazil's currency fell sharply on Monday as political tensions in the country increased ahead of an Oct. 30 presidential runoff after an ally of President Jair Bolsonaro wounded two policemen ...

The array of political forces he has coalesced will prove challenging to hold together, much less lead. Governing Brazil calls for power-sharing, which is too often a fast pass to corruption.