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Brazil

It was only a matter of time: Jair Bolsonaro and Charlie Kirk join forces

John Fea   |  February 2, 2023

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro is in Florida right now and he wants to stay longer. This makes sense for the Trump-inspired former leader. After all, some of his followers recently tried to storm the Brazilian capitol with the hopes […]

Can pro-lifers on abortion and Democratic Socialists work together in Brazil?

John Fea   |  January 23, 2023

Check out this very interesting piece at Jacobin by historian Travis Knoll: In short, [Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva] respects religion without instrumentalizing or being instrumentalized by it. Such alliances have come with serious challenges, especially on sexual […]

The latest American export: insurrections

John Fea   |  January 11, 2023

The United States loves to export its political ideals and practices to the rest of the world. The latest export seems to be antidemocratic insurrections. Here is a taste of Anne Applebaum’s Atlantic piece: “What the Rioters in Brazil Learned […]

“The Beautiful Game”

John Fea   |  December 29, 2022

RIP:

The difference between American evangelicals and Brazilian evangelicals

John Fea   |  September 27, 2022

Evangelical Christianity is playing a significant role in Brazil’s upcoming presidential election. If you want to get up to speed on this story I recommend Christianity Today’s recent feature. Over at The Conversation, political scientist Amy Eric Smith distinguishes between […]

Goal of the night

John Fea   |  June 23, 2021

Brazil won 2-1. (Current editor Eric Miller and Current writer Alexandre Brasil Fonseca are happy!) But this Colombia goal was incredible:

Brazilian evangelicals oppose church closings

John Fea   |  April 12, 2021

If you have been following the COVID-19 outbreaks in Brazil I think you will find an upcoming Current feature insightful. “How Long,” a piece by Brazilian public intellectual Alexandre Brasil Fonseca, will appear this week. Stay tuned. In the meantime, […]