The role of Venezuelan migration in the Brazilian elections
Coauthors Amanda Alencar and Julia Camargo
The far-right often accuses migration of all misfortunes for political gain. But in the recent elections, Bolsonaro’s campaign strategy used Venezuelan migration as an example of what would happen to Brazilians if Lula won.
Technology and the future of payment methods
The world is becoming increasingly technological and, reflecting a more connected society, consumers are looking for convenience and agility when making monetary transactions.
Brazil is put in check by obscurantism
The campaign was guided mainly by anti-Bolsonarism and anti-Petism and there was no confrontation of ideas about the real problems of the country.
Will fascism triumph in the Brazilian elections?
Former President Donald Trump officially endorsed Jair Bolsonaro in his re-election bid. But to what extent can Trump’s praise serve Bolsonaro well?
A Brazil For Uncle Sam
Why are the federal and Minas Gerais governments silent about how people migrating to the United States are being deported?
Exceptionality normalized
The recent Colombian elections and the predictions regarding the outcome of the Brazilian elections in October allow us to ask, as we pointed out fifteen years ago, what is the meaning of these changes.
Darcy Ribeiro’s futures in a world without future
Co-author Andrés Kozel
“We are condemned to accept the need to experiment with the human” and “an error will carry the risk of leading the whole super tribe, finally unified, to disaster.” Darcy Ribeiro in “Venutopias 2003”, late 1973.
Similarities and differences between the Constituent processes in Brazil and Chile
Co-author Danilo Buscatto Medeiros
More than 30 years separate the Brazilian National Constituent Assembly from the Chilean Constitutional Convention. There are similarities and disconnections between the two processes, but both are surrounded by contradictory expectations and substantial differences.