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38th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil from 2019 to 2023, Captain of the Brazilian Army, Federal Deputy of Brazil (1991–2019) and Councilman of the City of Rio de Janeiro (1989–1991)
are deeply fragmented: many long-standing allies express alarm, loss of trust and diplomatic strain, while a cohort of populist and strategic partners congratulate and court closer ties; global opinio...
Historians, political scientists and journalists have repeatedly placed in conversation with a range of controversial leaders—invoking labels from “” to comparisons with historical s and modern strong...
Many commentators and scholars most often compare Donald Trump to contemporary “authoritarian populists” such as Viktor Orbán, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Narendra Modi, Jair Bolsonaro and Vladimir Putin — ...
Donald Trump has been repeatedly compared to an international cohort of leaders accused of authoritarianism—most prominently Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro—with analysts pointing t...
Mass protests in Brazil this month centered on COP30 in Belém, where Indigenous and climate activists repeatedly breached and blocked access to the summit demanding forest protection and recognition o...
Observers, scholars and advocacy groups increasingly compare President Trump’s behavior to a global pattern of “authoritarian populism,” citing tactics such as weakening checks and institutions, attac...
The statement is accurate: the U.S. Senate voted 52–48 to approve S.J. Res. 81, a measure intended to terminate President Trump’s 50% tariffs on most Brazilian imports by rescinding the national emerg...
There are no clear historical precedents within the United States for successfully prosecuting a former U.S. President on criminal charges while respecting all norms of office and transition; most com...
Yes — contemporary movements and some parties display core characteristics, though scholars and reporters debate which qualify as “fascist” outright versus “neo‑fascist,” , or extreme‑right . The ques...
Evidence from multiple investigations and high‑profile prosecutions shows that former president Jair Bolsonaro and his allies were implicated in plans and actions tied to a 2022–2023 effort to overtur...
A rehearsal for a coup — whether military drills like Zapad 2025, a domestic political plot such as Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction, or a “digital coup” aiming at government systems — carries converging n...