Latin America
Theory & ResearchOn 8 January, Brazil and the world were shocked by images of the same Brasilia now filled with supporters of Jair Bolsonaro in a coup attempt. The attack was defeated and the Supreme Federal Court (STF) responded vigorously, but the sensation of a not-so-new era returned: projections of a transformative future gave way to the feeling of imprisonment in a past that permanently restores our historical dilemmas to the present.
By Hugo Fanton
InterviewOn January 8, more than 4,000 supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro invaded, looted, and vandalized public buildings, in what the professor Vladimir Safatle claims to be a "fascist insurrection" with the support and collaboration of the military police.
By Andrea Dip
In PerspectiveThe significance of the MST in Brazil has been most noticeable during the pandemic. In a country that lost more than 684.000 people to a disease brought by plane through the wealthy elite, in a society where racialized and sexualized bodies are always the most vulnerable, it was (and still is) extremely important to find solidarity between the country and the city
