and rock the whole region’s political scene. Silva, an environmentalist who was born in poverty, comes from a mixed-race family and is often referred to as “Brazil’s Obama,” is tied with ...

Health systems are collapsing across the map. The virus is killing more people each day in Brazil than it is anywhere else. And now this week, a political battle erupted, pitting the president ...

Brazil, one of the world’s largest democracies, is mired in a deep political crisis. The country’s economy is tanking, the scary Zika epidemic continues, and the opening ceremony of the 2016 ...

When the final votes were tabulated, Bolsonaro, without explicitly calling for a coup, offered no concession of his political loss. On Dec. 12, after Lula's victory was certified by Brazil's ...

Brazil's newly inaugurated President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday his election had freed the country from "socialism and political correctness," and he vowed to tackle corruption, crime and ...

So it doesn't look likely that this will happen. But this political drama is happening at a really difficult time in Brazil. As I've mentioned, you have this terrible economic situation.

As pro- and anti-government protests rage on the streets of Brazil, the game of political ping pong has been stepped up a notch. The administration As pro- and anti-government protests rage on the ...