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Brazil in Focus

Newsletter on current issues of Brazilian politics

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Brazil in Focus 06/2024

A complex calendar that demands attention / The end of coalitions in proportional elections in municipalities: What has been seen? What's to come this year?

The new issue of the Brasil em Foco series is available for free download, and features two articles on the electoral calendar and the end of coalitions in proportional elections. The Brasil em Foco series aims to publish monthly articles analyzing the main issues on the political scene, in order to contribute to the democratic debate.

June 20, 2024
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Brazil in Focus 05/2024

Is it too early or too late? The elections of the National Congress / Floods in Rio Grande do Sul: extreme weather events and lessons for other states / The G20 and the necessary search for common agendas

The May edition of the Brasil em Foco series is available for free download, and features three articles dedicated to the succession of the presidency in both houses of Congress, the floods in Rio Grande do Sul and the lessons that such an extreme weather event can bring to the other Brazilian states, and the main topics on the agenda of this year's G20 Conference, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro. The Brasil em Foco series aims to publish monthly articles analyzing the main issues on the political scene, in order to contribute to the democratic debate.

May 21, 2024
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Brazil in Focus 04/2024

11-0 for lucidity. The Supreme Court and the Moderating Power of the Armed Forces / Neuro-rights and the Updating of the Brazilian Civil Code / Article on the news item "House approves setbacks in the environmental agenda and could weaken prevention mechanisms

The new edition of the Brasil em Foco series features three new articles on the STF's judgment on the Moderating Power of the Armed Forces, the updating of the Brazilian Civil Code, and also an article on recent decisions by the House of Representatives, in the context of the environmental agenda. The Brasil em Foco series aims to publish monthly articles analyzing the main issues on the political scene, in order to contribute to the democratic debate.

May 2, 2024
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Brazil in Focus 03/2024

First trends in the municipal elections / The impacts for Brazil in the event of a Donald Trump victory in the US elections

Read the new issue of the Brasil em Foco series, with two articles on the following topics: one dedicated to initial trends in relation to the October municipal elections, and another that discusses the impacts of a possible Donald Trump victory in the US elections on Brazil. The Brasil em Foco series aims to publish monthly articles analyzing the main issues on the political scene, in order to contribute to the democratic debate.

April 5, 2024
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Brazil in Focus 01/2024

08/01/2023 - attempted coup d'état / The G20 in Brazil and Brazil in the G20 / The crisis in Ecuador and its regional and global dimensions

The first issue of 2024 of the Brasil em Foco series contains three articles: the first features a reflection by Humberto Dantas on the events of 08/01/2023, in the second, Ana Carolina Abreu analyzes the importance of holding the G20 in Brazil this year, and the third text, by Danilo Marcondes, is dedicated to the security crisis in Ecuador. The Brasil em Foco series aims to publish monthly articles analyzing the main issues on the political scene, in order to contribute to the democratic debate.

February 2, 2024
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Brazil in Focus 11/2023

In the Supreme Court everything is politics, and it has our face / Essequibo in dispute

The last issue of 2023 of the Brazil in Focus series is available for free download, with two articles dedicated to the topics of the relationship between the Supreme Court of Justice and the other branches of government, and Venezuela's claim to the territory of Essequibo, currently under Guyana's administration. The Brazil in Focus series aims to publish monthly articles analyzing the main issues on the political scene, in order to contribute to the democratic debate.

December 20, 2023
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Brazil in Focus 10/2023

Federal centralism vs. regional critique / Brazil and the Amazon under siege from organized crime / Rethinking a Strategic Partnership: the Argentine and Brazilian elections

Read the new edition of the Brazil in Focus series, which is available for free download.

December 4, 2023
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Brazil in Focus 9/2023

Legislature and the Judiciary in current Brazilian politics / Extreme weather events in Brazil / Brazil's first challenge in the presidency of the UN Security Council

The new edition of the Brasil em Foco series is available for free download.

November 7, 2023
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Brazil in Focus 8/2023

The ministerial reform and its main objectives and expectations / Tax reform in Brazil: disputes and possibilities in 2023 / The Presidency of Brazil in the G20

The Brasil em Foco series has a new edition available for free download.

October 6, 2023
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Brazil in Focus 7/2023

Challenges for the National Congress in the second half of the year / Amazon Summit / Brazil's role in international politics: rebuilding bridges? BRICS challenges expanded

The new issue of the Brasil em Foco series is available for free download in Portuguese only.

September 6, 2023
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About this series

Brazil in Focus is a periodic publication that seeks to analyze in a more succinct way the central themes of Brazilian politics. Since 2020,  the bulletins have been shorter and published monthly, maintaining the political scientist, professor Humberto Dantas, as its principal author and organizer.

Reinaldo Themoteo

Reinaldo Themoteo KAS

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Reinaldo.Themoteo@kas.de +55 21 2220 5441 +55 21 2220 5448