The far-right candidate was supposed to claim the presidency, but Brazilian voters had other ideasFor Donald Trump, Brazil’s presidential election was meant to represent the crest of the “orange wave” – a three-year surge of...
Read MoreHaving lost the first round of Brazil’s presidential election to far right rival Flávio Bolsonaro, incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spectacularly triumphed in the second. What comes next for Brazil? The Guardian’s Tom...
Read MoreHaving lost the first round of Brazil’s presidential election to far right rival Flávio Bolsonaro, incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spectacularly triumphed in the second. What comes next for Brazil? The Guardian’s Tom...
Read MoreAfter the rejoicing, it will be vital to learn the lessons. The rightward shift is neither inevitable nor irreversible, but progressives cannot rest for a momentThe impossible happened. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a...
Read MoreWhether on the frontline in Ukraine or skate parks in Soweto, the genre is still a vital outlet for disaffected people everywhere. Here, musicians explain how they rage against the machineAndriy Zholob, vocalist/guitarist,...
Read MoreBrazil has failed to prove compliance with EU rules on use of antibiotics in cattle and poultry farmingThe UK’s leading farming organisations and animal health experts have called for an urgent ban on imports of Brazilian meat,...
Read MoreDespite official claims that the São Francisco River project supplies 12m people, many of those who had to make way for its construction in 2007 still have no water at allA concrete canal cutting through the Caatinga scrubland...
Read MoreDebate is raging back home about whether Neymar, Casemiro, Endrick – and others – should be in the World Cup team against the Tartan ArmyThe big stars have turned up for the 2026 World Cup. Lamine Yamal returned to the Spain...
Read MoreWhat does it actually take to win a World Cup? Talent? Tactics? A functioning democracy? Not necessarily.As the 2026 World Cup begins, the largest ever, we analysed all 22 past tournaments to find the common threads that link...
Read MoreEverything you need to know (and more) about every squad member. Click on the player pictures for more information Continue...
Read MoreCase involving seven-year-old boy is latest flashpoint in debate over race relations in Latin America‘Argentina needs to end its fantasy of being a European country’: Lucrecia Martel on the story of a killingA woman celebrating...
Read MoreWhen drum’n’bass grew stale in the 90s, it got a samba-splicing Brazilian twist. As that style returns, the scene’s legends and newcomers celebrate a cross-cultural triumphWagner Ribeiro de Souza wasn’t carrying much in his...
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