Cases of politically motivated violence against candidates, officials and government workers have spiked 23% since 2020, according to the Observatory of Political and Electoral Violence in Brazil.

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 ...

A handy guide to Brazil’s impeachment process and politics. The vote breakdown reflects these local bases of political support. The state delegations that voted with the president stayed loyal ...

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 ...

Already shaking with economic chills and fevers, Brazil floundered last week into its gravest political crisis since the suicide of President Getulio Vargas last year. The sudden exposure of a ...

I was born on the streets and spent my whole political life on the streets.” Ernesto Londoño reported from São Paulo, Brazil, and Flávia Milhorance from Rio de Janeiro. Ernesto Londoño is ...

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 ...

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 ...