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Why Bolsonaro Could Win Brazil’s Election
By Brian Winter
Brazil's Election Heads to Run-off
By Ciara Nugent
Bolsonaro estimula a violência política
By Guilherme Boulos
Brazilian Women May Cost Bolsonaro the Election
By Ciara Nugent
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What To Know About Brazil's Crucial Election
President Jair Bolsonaro faces fierce competition from former President Lula in Brazil's October elections. The choice between the two men could not be more stark.
By Sanya Mansoor
September 15, 2022
Report Warns of Meta's Role in Brazil Election
Content questioning the validity of the upcoming election is spreading rapidly on social media, the report says
By Ciara Nugent and Billy Perrigo
September 5, 2022
Petrobras Head Resigns as Bolsonaro Rages About Fuel Prices
The company recently raised domestic fuel prices, prompting calls for a congressional inquiry
By Peter Millard and Vinícius Andrade / Bloomberg
June 20, 2022
Entrevista de Lula Sobre Futuro do Brasil
Leia entrevista da TIME com o ex-presidente que está lançando nova candidatura e promete levar o Brasil de volta aos bons tempos
By Ciara Nugent/São Paulo, Brazil
May 4, 2022
Lula Interview on Ukraine, Bolsonaro, and Brazil's Future
Read a transcript of our interview with the former Brazilian leader as he launches a new bid for the presidency
By Ciara Nugent/São Paulo, Brazil
May 4, 2022
Exclusive: Lula's Second Act
'I never gave up,' Brazil's former leader tells TIME as he launches a new bid for the presidency
By Ciara Nugent/São Paulo, Brazil
May 4, 2022
Why President Bolsonaro Is Defying Critics to Visit Putin
'The fact that the Americans were so furious with him, that’s what made Bolsonaro want to do it'
By Ciara Nugent
February 15, 2022
Brazil Might Say Goodbye to President Bolsonaro in 2022
After three tumultuous years, Brazilians will soon get the chance to boot out or re-elect their far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. With elections due to be held in October 2022, candidates are launching their campaigns and...
By Ciara Nugent
December 28, 2021
Brazil's New Social Media Rules Explained
Brazil’s new rules appear to be the first in the world to make certain types of content takedowns illegal under national law.
By Billy Perrigo
September 10, 2021
Brazil's Environmental 'Terminator' Resigns
Ricardo Salles was nicknamed "the terminator" for his destructive policies
By Ciara Nugent
June 24, 2021
Can Biden Trust Bolsonaro to Defend Amazon?
“The U.S. should not strike an agreement with the federal government because it won’t be fulfilled”
By Ciara Nugent
April 20, 2021
Why Brazil's Bolsonaro Changed Opinion on Vaccines
Analysts say it is politics, not a record death toll, that is driving Bolsonaro’s attempt to rebrand his pandemic leadership
By Ciara Nugent
March 12, 2021
Is a New COVID-19 Strain Behind a Surge of Cases in Brazil?
Fears the new strain could overcome antibodies and reinfect patients have little evidence behind them
By Ciara Nugent
January 20, 2021
How Black Brazilians Are Fighting Racial Injustice Today
A dozen people are dancing around a bonfire in a yard between two large warehouses in São Paulo. It’s early November and members of Quilombaque—a Black community hub in Perus, a poor neighborhood on the...
By Ciara Nugent and Thaís Regina/Sāo Paulo, Brazil
December 16, 2020
Could President-Elect Joe Biden Help Save the Amazon?
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro has resisted global attempts to slow deforestation
By Ciara Nugent
November 18, 2020
Brazil Is Burning—and the Environment Minister Is Cutting Protections
Letícia Larcher has had a tough year. As technical coordinator at a conservation institute in western Brazil’s vast Pantanal wetlands, Larcher has spent 2020 dealing with a record spate of wildfires which have destroyed a...
By Ciara Nugent
October 1, 2020
How a Child's Death Has Galvanized a Social Justice Movement in Brazil
On June 2, with schools in the northern Brazilian state of Pernambuco closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mirtes Renata Santana de Souza brought her 5-year-old son Miguel to work with her. Santana, 33, and...
By Ciara Nugent
July 17, 2020
Bolsonaro Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Bolsonaro, who announced his results live on CNN Brazil, added he is taking hydroxychloroquine
By Simone Iglesias and Murilo Fagundes / Bloomberg
July 7, 2020
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro Tested for COVID-19
Bolsonaro could be seen coughing during a Thursday broadcast on his social networks, when he sat next to six other people, none of whom wore a mask
By Simone Iglesias and Murilo Fagundes / Bloomberg
July 6, 2020
This Brazilian Judge Brought Down Two Presidents Already. Could Bolsonaro Be Next?
'I didn't enter the government to serve a master. I entered it to serve the country, the law.'
By Ciara Nugent
May 21, 2020
Brazil's Culture Minister Fired After Quoting Joseph Goebbels in a Speech
Brazilian culture secretary Roberto Alvim was fired from the government Friday after he appeared to quote Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels in a video setting out his agenda for a conservative "rebirth" of the arts....
By Ciara Nugent
January 17, 2020
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Leaves Hospital After Losing Memory in Fall
The Brazilian leader temporarily lost his memory, he told a TV station
By Sabrina Valle and Martha Beck / Bloomberg
December 24, 2019
President Trump's Tariffs Shake the World Economy—Once Again
The Trump administration went on offense again this month on a number of international trade disputes. On Dec. 2, the U.S. President tweeted his intention to impose new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from...
By Ian Bremmer
December 5, 2019
Oil Is Killing Brazil’s Turtles. No One Knows Where It’s From
The massive spill has already spread along the coasts of all nine states in Brazil’s northeast.
By Julia Leite / Bloomberg
October 11, 2019
'It Is Our Very Governments Who Are Killing the Earth.' A Brazilian Indigenous Leader Speaks Out On Deforestation in the Amazon
As TIME reported in its recent special climate issue, the fires from the Amazon seen across the skies of Brazil in August "helped illuminate something the world can no longer ignore." On the front lines...
By Benki Pyãnko
September 13, 2019
Bolsonaro Won't Take Amazon Aid Unless Macron Apologizes
Jair Bolsonaro is rejecting $20 million in immediate aid funding pledged by world leaders at the G7 summit to fight fires in the Amazon.
By Jasmine Aguilera
August 27, 2019
Experts Warned About Amazon Fires for Years
Brazil's space research agency reported that a record number of fires have broken out in the forest this year
By Mahita Gajanan
August 23, 2019
Brazil and Europe in Tension Over Amazon Deforestation
A fight is brewing over the lungs of the planet. Since taking office in January, Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has overseen a surge in logging in the vast Amazon rain forest--and on Aug. 15,...
By Ciara Nugent
August 22, 2019
A Record Number of Fires Are Currently Burning Across the Amazon Rainforest
Some fires have been burning for more than two weeks
By Mahita Gajanan
August 21, 2019
Brazil: 2 Ex-Officers Arrested for Marielle Franco's Murder
The Brazilian activist was killed in a drive-by shooting almost a year ago
By Amy Gunia
March 13, 2019
Brazil's New Conservative President Blasts Lewd Carnival Scene in Tweets That Have Gone Viral
Jair Bolsonaro bluntly expressed concerns about Carnival, a longtime Brazilian tradition
By Daniel Cancel / Bloomberg
March 6, 2019
Brazilian Spiritual Healer Surrenders Amid Sex Abuse Claims
More than 300 complaints of abuse have been lodged against Joao Teixeira de Faria
By Suyin Haynes
December 17, 2018
Brazil Rejoices and Trembles at Bolsonaro Victory
"There will be high tensions"
By Matt Sandy / Rio de Janeiro
October 29, 2018
Brazil's Presidential Frontrunner Bolsonaro Says He Won't Pull Out of Paris Climate Agreement
'Brazil stays in the Paris Agreement'
By Kariny Leal / Bloomberg
October 26, 2018
How Far-Right Populist Jair Bolsonaro Could Transform Brazil
What he thinks about women's rights, the environment, race relations and more
By Ciara Nugent
October 25, 2018
Brazil Wakes Up to the Reality of a Bolsonaro Presidency
“It is important for the establishment to hear this message”
By Matt Sandy/Rio de Janeiro
October 8, 2018
The Stakes Couldn't Be Higher in Brazil's Presidential Election. Here's What to Know
Latin America's largest country is on course for "the most polarizing scenario you could come up with," says one expert
By Ciara Nugent
October 5, 2018
Brazil’s Democracy Can Survive the Rise of a Diehard Demagogue
The past two years have seen angry voters in the U.S., France, Italy, Mexico, Pakistan and other countries cast aside the familiar political establishment to embrace candidates who embody change. Now it's Brazil's turn. On...
By Ian Bremmer
October 4, 2018
Mother of Marielle Franco: Why Are Her Killers Still Free?
Rio councillor and activist Marielle Franco was shot dead on March 14
By Marinete da Silva
September 14, 2018
The Brazil Museum Fire Was a Stark Reminder That History Is Always in Danger of Being Lost Forever
'There’s an important lesson for all of us in the fire’s embers'
By Chip Colwell / The Conversation
September 6, 2018
Here's What to Know About Brazil's National Museum Fire
One of Latin America's most important museums was gutted by the Sunday night blaze
By Laignee Barron
September 4, 2018
Jair Bolsonaro Loves Trump, Hates Gay People and Admires Autocrats. He Could Be Brazil's Next President
On the wall of Jair Bolsonaro's office in a modernist annex of Brazil's Congress hang five faded black-and-white portraits. They are memoirs of a time many Brazilians would prefer to forget, when military generals ruled...
By Matt Sandy/Brasilia
August 23, 2018
Brazil's 'Dr. Bumbum' Charged With Murder After Fatal Surgery
Prosecutors said he did not have a license to practice medicine in the state where the procedure took place
By Laignee Barron
August 17, 2018
Argentina Faces Crucial Vote on Legalizing Abortion
Argentina has long been a leader in the region on human rights issues—and if it votes to legalize abortion, it could be the start of monumental change
By Ciara Nugent
August 7, 2018
Brazilian Judge Closes Border to Venezuelan Migrants
Tens of thousands have sought refuge from food shortages and political unrest
By Eli Meixler
August 7, 2018
Plastic Surgeon 'Dr. Bumbum' Arrested After Patient Dies
She died shortly after a procedure to get her butt enlarged
July 19, 2018
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