As diplomatic conflict and trade-war talk ramps up, the continent’s often fractious leaders could end up sharing an antagonist in common.

Lula da Silva’s administration is in crisis over how to balance economic development with environmental priorities.

Democracies have the right to act in their own defense—even if that means some people temporarily have to go without tweeting.

Politicians’ lives weren’t at risk, but the yellow-and-green swarm of government buildings on Sunday was the latest evidence that many Brazilians never cared much for democracy in the first place.

Brazil's losing presidential candidate might be ditching his wife and skipping Lula’s inauguration to hang out at Trump’s resort.

Lula won because the left and the center feared a second term for the extremist Jair Bolsonaro. But the right won Congress and the governorships. Sound like any place you know?

The candidate of the left has establishment backing for Sunday’s vote. But below the level of the presidency, signs are more ominous.

Jair Bolsonaro has already made it clear he will not accept defeat.

The murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira highlight the vast gulf between Bolsonaro’s lawless and exploitative approach to the rain forest and his opponent’s proposed reforms.

Fox News’s chief wingnut has spent all week fawning over authoritarian President Jair Bolsonaro and making absurd, ignorant statements about the country.

According to a new study, the Amazon is no longer acting as a net carbon sink.

The criminal complaint against the American journalist needs to be understood in the context of a broader political struggle.

In a paranoid age, the corroboration provided by The Intercept's latest exposé is unusual.

Edir Macedo has a church, a bank, a TV channel, and a Moses complex. And with the election of Jair Bolsonaro, he has emerged as the country’s most controversial kingmaker.

Elections and free markets haven’t solved the real problems in Latin America.