Jair Bolsonaro
The Amazon Wildfires Aren't Natural. Blame Humans
As the Amazon burns, it's important to know that intense wildfires aren't natural to the largest tropical rainforest ecosystem on Earth—people are to blame.
Brazil's President Bolsonaro Is Now Spreading Conspiracy Theories About the Amazon Fires
Jair Bolsonaro, whose support of Amazon deforestation has earned him the nickname "Captain Chainsaw," is blaming the fires on environmental groups.
The Brazilian Inmate Who Tried to Escape Dressed as His Teen Daughter Was Found Dead
After the failed jailbreak attempt, he was put into a high-security
Brazil Is Making Homophobia a Crime
The country's Supreme Court voted Thursday to make discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender unconstitutional.
Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro really wants to be Trump’s super best friend
“We want to have a great Brazil, just like Trump wants to have a great America.”
Everything We Know About the School Shooting in Brazil
"Things like this don’t happen in Brazil, but other countries,” said the Brazilian vice president, who added “violent video games” may have influenced the killers.
Why Canadians Should Pay Attention to Brazil’s War on ‘Gender Ideology’
As a queer man born and raised in Brazil, I saw the fast progression of threats to LGBTQ+ people first-hand.
Suspects in Marielle Franco's Murder Have Ties to Bolsonaro Family
The two primary suspects in the murder of the Brazilian councilwoman and activist Marielle Franco previously received honors from senator-elect Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of president Jair Bolsonaro.
How Brazil's new president is creating a healthcare crisis for his country's poor
“Mais Medicos has not ended, but at least half the doctors, who were precisely in places of greater need, have left. So for people in those areas the program is over."
Brazil's drug gangs are prepared to go to war with Bolsonaro
“He’s going to take the world into an urban war.”
How Cake Became a Form of Resistance Under Brazil’s Military Dictatorship
Seeking a way to evade government censors during the military regime that took power in 1964, journalists inserted subversive cake recipes into the pages of Brazil’s national newspapers.