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After decades meting out sanctions and financial coercion, the US may soon feel its grip on world trade beginning to…
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After decades meting out sanctions and financial coercion, the US may soon feel its grip on world trade beginning to…
By Wolfgang MünchauAfter misery piled on misery, we deserve better than calorie counts on alcohol.
By Marie Le ContePlatforms are failing to prevent online radicalisation and organised assaults on democracy. More violence is inevitable.
By Sarah ManavisJair Bolsonaro’s supporters are not the only threat to Brazilian democracy.
By Oliver BascianoThe country’s new leader has vowed to completely end deforestation in the rainforest.
By Nick FerrisJair Bolsonaro’s election loss demonstrates what a united opposition can achieve.
By Jeremy Cliffe6 January, 2003: Brazil’s president says he’ll attempt the impossible in this, one of the world’s most unequal societies.
By Sue BranfordVictory for Jair Bolsonaro, who is closing the gap on Lula, would almost certainly accelerate the rate of deforestation.
By Ido VockRampant deforestation under the country’s current president Jair Bolsonaro has turned Brazil into the world’s sixth-largest emitter of carbon dioxide.
By Nick FerrisJair Bolsonaro has run Lula surprisingly close in the first round of the presidential vote, piling on the pressure ahead…
By Jeremy CliffeThe race to be the next president of Latin America’s biggest country could hardly be more polarised.
By Phil Clarke HillLeft-wing governments are being elected across Latin America, but they face the threat of a rejuvenated and authoritarian right.
By Thea Riofrancos and David AdlerA wave of left-wing victories in the region doesn’t guarantee sweeping social progress
By Oliver Stuenkel