Categoria: Brazil
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“Witch Hunt”: Trump vs. “Lulism”
Donald Trump’s decision to impose retaliatory tariffs on Brazil in response to Jair Bolsonaro’s prosecution marks a new escalation in the international campaign against Lulism—understood here not only as a political programme, but as a global symbol of a threatened progressive order. To grasp the depth of this confrontation, it is necessary to look back at…
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The 1924 Revolution in São Paulo: Conflict, Complexity, and the Disruption of the First Republic’s Hegemonic Order
The 1924 Revolution, also known as the Second Tenentist Revolt, stands as one of the most significant and complex episodes in the political and social history of Brazil during the First Republic. Although commonly associated with the tenentist movement—primarily of a military nature—the uprising that took place in São Paulo in July of that year…
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The Contemporary Relevance of the Marxist Theory of Dependency
The Marxist Theory of Dependency (MTD), as developed by authors such as Ruy Mauro Marini, Vânia Bambirra, and Theotonio dos Santos, remains an essential analytical tool for understanding the structural dynamics of underdevelopment, domination, and imperialism in the Latin American context, particularly in Brazil. Far from being an obsolete theoretical framework limited to the debates…
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The Virtues of Presidentialism Against Parliamentarist Interference
Parliamentarism, like an unburied ghost, cyclically returns to Brazilian public debate, presenting itself in times of institutional crisis as a magical solution to national political impasses. Such a proposal invariably resurfaces in new garments. Yet, as in the past, it promises stability, rationality, and crisis containment. However, behind this technical and modernizing veneer lies a…
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Lightning in a Clear Sky: Bolsonarism in Brazilian Political Thought
Although Bolsonarism presents itself as a legitimate expression of Brazilian national political aspiration — frequently wrapped in patriotic rhetoric and appeals to tradition — a deeper investigation into its ideological foundations reveals a troubling absence of organic continuity with any established political current within Brazil’s historical development. Unlike other movements that emerged as outgrowths of…
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