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  • Monday, 16 March, 2020
    Bolsonaro defies coronavirus to rally against Congress

    Brazilian president criticised for rubbing elbows with crowds while awaiting second virus test results

  • Monday, 16 March, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Bolsonaro’s reckless crusade imperils reforms

    President has picked a fight with Brazil’s congress at a critical juncture

  • Thursday, 12 March, 2020
    Coronavirus
    Trump met Brazilian official diagnosed with coronavirus

    US president ‘not concerned’ after Bolsonaro aide who visited Mar-a-Lago tests positive

  • Thursday, 13 February, 2020
    AnalysisBrazilian politics
    How Brazil swayed towards conservative values under Bolsonaro

    President at forefront of rightwing revival after years of leftwing rule

  • Thursday, 6 February, 2020
    Brazilian politics
    Bolsonaro seeks to open Brazil’s indigenous land to mining

    President says plan would tackle poverty but critics fear extra threat to Amazon

  • Friday, 24 January, 2020
    Indian politics & policy
    Bolsonaro finds unlikely ally in Hindu nationalist Modi

    Brazilian strongman snubbed in west to be guest of honour at India’s Republic Day

  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    Fifty people who shaped the decade

    The game-changing politicians, influential businesspeople, record-breaking sports stars and brave activists who make up the FT’s list

  • Monday, 16 December, 2019
    Michael Stott
    Brazil’s church preaches the Bolsonaro revolution

    A Thatcherite message of self-help, hard work and strict discipline fits well with ‘prosperity theology’

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Deforestation
    Brazil urged to renew limits on Amazon soya production

    Businesses and investors call on government to continue to back moratorium signed in 2006

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  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    Brazil reforms: has Jair Bolsonaro missed his moment?

    The government’s plans to kick-start the economy risk being overshadowed by riots in Chile and political turmoil at home

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Brazil needs to keep up the reform momentum

    Jair Bolsonaro should back a controversial pro-growth package

  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2019
    AnalysisBrazilian politics
    Lula’s return to fray set to deepen Brazil divisions

    Ex-president more radical than ever and his release from jail could galvanise the right

  • Monday, 4 November, 2019
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Brazil Apart, by Perry Anderson

    A blinkered explanation for the rise of Jair Bolsonaro

  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
    Brazil
    Bolsonaro rants at Brazil broadcaster on social media

    Late-night diatribe raises questions about president’s state of mind

  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2019
    FT CollectionsLatin American upheaval
    Can Brazil’s pension reform kick-start the economy? 

    Passing of legislation represents significant victory for Bolsonaro

  • Friday, 18 October, 2019
    Brazilian economy
    Brazil power struggle clouds Bolsonaro’s reform agenda

    President’s relationship with Congress sours as he courts support for legislation

  • Thursday, 29 August, 2019
    Brazil
    Bolsonaro bans land-clearing fires in Amazon

    Move comes as western brands reported to have stopped buying Brazilian products

  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2019
    Geoff Dyer
    Deforestation echoes the ultimate Amazon gold-rush

    As the rainforest burns, an exhibition of Sebastião Salgado’s photographs remembers an earlier free-for-all

  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2019
    Brazilian politics
    Bolsonaro may accept Amazon aid if Macron retracts ‘insults’

    Brazil’s president weighs up fate of G7 package for fires amid war of words with French counterpart

  • Monday, 26 August, 2019
    Emmanuel Macron
    Macron anger over Bolsonaro insults overshadows Amazon plan

    G7 nations agree to $20m in aid to extinguish fires raging in the ‘lung of the planet’

  • Sunday, 25 August, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    Brazil: Bolsonaro pushes culture war over economic reform

    Eight months after taking office, the president is more interested in playing identity politics over guns, faith and the Amazon

  • Saturday, 24 August, 2019
    Brazil
    Bolsonaro to bring in army to fight Amazon fires

    Brazil’s president seeks to ease international pressure as leaders gather for G7 summit

  • Thursday, 22 August, 2019
    Brazil
    Bolsonaro says Brazil lacks resources to fight Amazon fires

    President points finger at non-governmental organisations, citing funding cuts

  • Thursday, 22 August, 2019
    Bard Harstad
    Trade could combat Brazil’s Amazon deforestation

    Export industries can be an ally rather than foe of rainforest protection

  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2019
    AnalysisBrazilian politics
    Brazil’s Game of Thrones: the tensions within Bolsonaro’s inner circle

    Far-right president has surrounded himself with a turbulent mix of ideologues and pragmatists

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