Lula and the Politics of Racial Reclassification in Brazil
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Lula and the Politics of Racial Reclassification in Brazil

Brazil’s 2022 presidential contest is one of the most anticipated elections since the return to democracy. It will be particularly interesting to see how the leading candidates address race, racism, and the effects of Brazil’s overlapping political, economic, health, and environmental crises on citizens of Afro-Brazilian descent.  Former president Luiz...
September 28, 2021Posted inPolitics, Social11 Comments
Is There Public Support for the Brazilian Supreme Court in a Time of Crisis?
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Is There Public Support for the Brazilian Supreme Court in a Time of Crisis?

The political crisis in Brazil has escalated in recent weeks, and increasingly put the Supreme Court (STF) in the crosshairs of the President. In early August 2021, the Supreme Court (STF) responded to a request by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) to investigate Jair Bolsonaro for disseminating fake news about the use...
September 21, 2021Posted inInstitutional, Judiciary, Politics
The Breakneck Dilution of Brazilian Electoral Law
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The Breakneck Dilution of Brazilian Electoral Law

In the midst of all of Bolsonaro’s bombast and bluster this past month, it has been easy to get distracted from other pressing issues. The past few years have brought a number of statutory rollbacks of anticorruption legislation in Brasília. But the brazenness with which a permissive new electoral code...
September 14, 2021Posted inInstitutional, Politics