Democracy and its discontents
It was the date of certification of the votes by the 116th congress, an annual routine procedure to formally certify the victors of the presidential election held in November the year before. It was...
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BRICS: Understanding the Powerful Alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
BRICS is an acronym that refers to the group of five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The BRICS countries are known for their large, fast-growing economies and significant influence...
Indigenous protest as Brazil high court hears land case
Thousands of indigenous protesters marched in the Brazilian capital Wednesday, bearing bows and arrows and traditional headdresses, as the Supreme Court prepared to take up a case that could eliminate reservations on their ancestral...
‘Out of Control’: Brazilian Amazon Deforestation Hits Highest Level in a Decade
Encouraged by President Jair Bolsonaro, deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surged to its highest annual level in a decade over the past year, with researchers warning that the accelerated destruction of the critical carbon sink...
Like Trump, Bolsonaro attacks voting system ahead of poll
President Jair Bolsonaro has ramped up his attacks on Brazil’s long-established electronic voting system, suggesting he is bracing for defeat in elections next year — and to fight back, analysts say. In rhetoric that...
Fresh bid to impeach Brazil’s Bolsonaro over Covid response
Opposition lawmakers in Brazil launched a fresh bid Wednesday to impeach President Jair Bolsonaro as more allegations broke of corruption in acquiring coronavirus vaccines to tackle a pandemic he is accused of having criminally...
Peru revises pandemic death toll, now worst in the world per capita
Peru on Monday almost tripled its official COVID-19 death toll to 180,764, following a government review, making it the country with the worst death rate per capita, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Peru...
‘A biological Fukushima’: Brazil COVID-19 deaths on track to pass worst of U.S. wave
Brazil’s brutal surge in COVID-19 deaths will soon surpass the worst of a record January wave in the United States, scientists forecast, with fatalities climbing for the first time above 4,000 in a day...
PSLV-C51 uplifts Brazil and US satellites in orbit, completing its commercial mission via surveilling IOR
India-Brazil marked a historic moment in their space cooperation as the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on 28th February 2021 congratulated Jair Bolsonaro, the President of Brazil on the successful launch of Brazil’s Amazonia-1...
Will the BRICS meet the same fate as SAARC?
Once perceived as a promising group of emerging economies that could challenge the western dominance in the International System, the ability to cooperate of the BRICS may fade. BRICS is scheduled to meet next...
