Will Lula Live Up to his Role as a Climate Leader?
Brazilian President Lula da Silva’s pledge to end deforestation by 2030 faces doubts amid political resistance and contradictions in his climate agenda.
The Bolsonaro Verdict: Solidifying Brazilian Democracy
Brazil has experienced over a dozen coup attempts since becoming a republic in 1889, but it only recently prosecuted a coup leader for the first time. On September 11th, 2025, More
The rise of BRICS: A New Multipolar International Order?
The economic coalition BRICS (an acronym for its members: Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa), has rapidly risen to become a major actor in the global arena. With increased More
Developing Countries and Climate Change – Suffering the Consequences without the Benefits
An external existential threat of the nature of climate change, without a concrete aggressor nor a traditional adversarial strategy, has yet to be faced by our modern political world order. More
The International Question of the Amazon Rainforest
While deforestation has been an ongoing issue in the Brazilian Amazon, previous progress has been backtracking since 2012 and has accelerated even more since 2019, when current Brazilian Prime Minister, More
Gay Jesus? The Conflict Within LGBTQ+ Politics in Brazil
As in most of the world, streaming service Netflix has dominated the Brazilian market, reaching over ten million subscribers in 2019. To heighten its popularity, Netflix has doled out various More
From Fame to Fall: Brazil’s Dramatic Shift to the Right
As the largest democracy in Latin America and the fourth largest democracy in the world, the Brazilian government represents over 208 million constituents. In a nation in the process of More
Export Promotion and Import Substitution in Brazil
A Case Study of Demand and Supply side Constraints