Brazil had its own January 6 in 2023, when hundreds of former President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace in Brasília. They were protesting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press at the Federal Senate in Brasilia on July 17, 2025, after a ...

The star of Kleber Mendonça Filho’s 1970s-set thriller warns that Trump's attacks on artists, journalists and democracy echo Brazil’s dictatorship. “Americans take democracy for granted. Brazilians ...

A woman walks past a banner depicting former President Jair Bolsonaro behind bars, in Sao Paulo, Sept. 12, 2025 (AP photo by Andre Penner). The conviction of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ...

In a wide-ranging conversation, Brazil’s first minister of Indigenous peoples, Sônia Guajajara, spoke with Democracy Now! at the COP30 climate summit in Belém. She addressed criticisms of the Lula ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rafael R. Ioris, University of Denver (THE CONVERSATION) Brazil has a long and tragic ...