by Thomas Lamieri | Apr 29, 2025 | Tartu University
Enemies of the People: Matteo Salvini’s Politics of Delegitimation in Italy In April 2025, Matteo Salvini and his party, the far-right Lega (League), sparked outrage after posting a series of AI-generated images on their social media accounts. The pictures,...
by Anna Thorner | Jun 25, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Authoritarianism is already a menace in the history of the world; however, the recent wave of autocratization has allowed for the birth of a different type of monster that is harder to kill—democratic backsliding. Bolsonaro’s regime was illustrated as “extremist...
by Cayden Bobley O'Connor | Dec 11, 2022 | Skidmore College
Three years ago, former President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, stood behind bars, with his best years seemingly behind him. After being released in 2019 due to a Supreme Court ruling on imprisonment procedures, Lula has been the subject of what is...
by Amadi Cary | Oct 16, 2022 | Boston University
On October 2nd, Brazilian voters participated in the first round of General Elections. Amidst fears that far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro may stage an autogolpe if the results are not what he’s hoping, it seems as though the fourth-largest democracy in the world may...
by Kevin Cregan | Apr 29, 2022 | University of Georgia
The Amazon Rainforest: a lush jungle that more closely resembles a single, living, breathing organism rather than a collection of individual greenery. Perhaps the center-right leaders of the West have missed the forest for the trees; or rather, Brazil for its populist...
