Can Brazil’s left survive without Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva? 

Brazil’s current president, a titan of the Latin American left, has no apparent heirs

Lula oficializa política de cibersegurança e cita garantia da “liberdade de expressão”

Decreto institui política de cibersegurança, mas aponta que regulação será voltada apenas à infraestrutura crítica nacional. Leia na Gazeta do Povo.

Brazil is taking worrying steps away from clean politics

The political class in Brasília is up to its old tricks. A decade after a vast corruption scandal shook the nation, a string of recent moves by Congress and the Supreme Court is reigniting concerns about transparency, accountability and impunity in Latin America’s largest nation. Front and centre has been a so-called “electoral reform”, spearheaded by Arthur Lira, speaker of the lower house. The legislation, which sailed through the lower house last month and now awaits a Senate vote, has been sold as simple tweaks and adjustments to the electoral system. Continua.