It's an obvious abuse of emergency powers, a claim to unconstitutional delegation of legislative power, and a threat to the economy and the rule of law.
Plus: Prime sales slumping, Hill Country flood victim search continues, Diocese of San Bernardino takes on ICE, and more...
What tariffs on Singapore, Brazil, and Vietnam can tell us about how Trump misunderstands the value of trade.
Débora Albuquerque scrawled “You lost, dude” on a statue. Now she’s being treated like a national security threat.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes has shut down Rumble in Brazil, using the same dubious legal arguments that led to the blocking of X and Telegram.
With U.S.-supplied weapons and training, Brazil’s militarized police fuel a cycle of violence that claims thousands of lives each year while destabilizing the region.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva blames neoliberalism for the very problems it solves.
The worldwide erosion of support for free speech continues.
Glenn Greenwald discusses Brazil's ban of X, the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov, and the global crackdown on speech on Just Asking Questions.
Plus: The Vatican talks gender theory, Chinese nationals react to pirated 3 Body Problem episodes, and more...
Brazil now has one of the largest cigarette markets in the world, despite its efforts to rid the country of cigarettes through prohibition.
Argentina's rising political star is a very different sort of politician.
"If there is freedom, private property, rule of law, then Latin Americans thrive," says the social media star.
A favela in southern Brazil shows the upside of an "invasive" urban form—and offers lessons for U.S. housing policy.
The riot in Brasilia arose from the local tradition of political mob violence.
The question now is whether Bolsonaro’s coalition can remain in place once the man himself is out of power.
Plus: Brazil's Bolsonaro loses, fact-checking Biden on the Inflation Reduction Act, and more...
"The kind of values I've always embraced are heard more on Fox than on CNN and MSNBC, where they're not welcome."
New hope for free market reform in Latin America.
Authoritarian Jair Bolsonaro attacks the press using the same justification the U.S. used to charge Julian Assange.
Environmental commons like the Amazon rain forest are vulnerable to shifts in the fickle winds of politics.
Problematic deforestation continues, but the "lungs of the earth" are still breathing.
Free market reformers and authoritarian nationalists battle it out to reshape Brazil.
It's fair to take the cops' account with a grain of salt.
It's an attempt at scaremongering meant to win over social traditionalists.
The classical liberal group accuses Facebook of bias.
Brazil, Russia, Greece, and China were all suckers in one of the oldest scams in sports
Cryptocurrency vs. tariffs, monetary controls, and red tape.
"Brazil's democracy has never been stronger."
Getting to a color-blind criminal justice system by making it harsher on whites
Spectators can now freely express their opposition to interim president Michel Temer at the Rio Games.
Few boondoggles are bigger, more costly, and less permanent than Olympic infrastructure.
The city is still paying the tab for the bid-but it could have been much worse.
Can these millennial activists defeat the left and save Brazil?
Because WhatsApp is so popular, it is a prime target for government data mining-and not just in Brazil.
Lower house votes to impeach Brazilian president over massive corruption scandal.
A federal investigation could still yield him and others in government.
While we wait for a vaccine, GMO mosquitoes are here now to help control the outbreak.
The three women want to be able to raise a family together and share maternal rights.
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