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World Congress of Families XI meeting, Budapest Congress Center, May 27, 2017, Budapest, Hungary.

Home front: Part II

Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into the World Congress of Families, an organization that has helped shape and share a reactionary agenda among conservatives across the globe.

people rally for Lula

Brazil election puts fate of public education in the spotlight 

Education
Children play in a flooded area of Leticia, Colombia, Feb. 14, 2017, located by the Amazon River, on the border with Brazil and Peru.

Brazil’s neighbors wary of environmental impact of a Bolsonaro victory

Environment
Voters line up to cast their ballot in Sunday's elections in Brazil.

‘It will be a challenge’: Lula, Bolsonaro head to runoffs in tight Brazil elections

Elections
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro stands in front of a US flag during a news conference at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020.

Behind in polls, Bolsonaro bolsters his base with far-right rhetoric from the US

Brazil under Bolsonaro
Demonstrators wearing masks with text written in Portuguese that read "Bolsonaro out," and a sign with the phrase "Oxygen, Breathe Brazil," protest against the government's response in combating COVID-19 and demanding the impeachment of Brazil's President

Calls for Bolsonaro’s impeachment intensify  

Brazil under Bolsonaro

Protesters hit the streets this past weekend in caravans in major cities across Brazil. 

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro leaves after he voted during the municipal elections in Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 15, 2020.

Bolsonaro loses big in Brazil’s local elections 

Elections

Brazilians voted in local elections in more than 5,500 municipalities across the country on Sunday. It was another big loss for President Jair Bolsonaro, coming on the heels of the electoral defeat of his top ally, US President Donald Trump.

Marielle Franco speaks on a mic

One year after Marielle Franco’s death, Brazil’s human rights activists demand answers

Justice

Marielle Franco was Brazil’s most prominent advocate and defender of human rights. A year after Franco was shot dead, her followers continue to mourn and demand answers from the government as to the murky circumstances of her murder.

Four men sit in a row in front of a green backdrop.

Brazil’s new far-right government issues decrees across sectors

Global Politics

In his inauguration address on Tuesday, Brazi’s new President Jair Bolsonaro said his election had freed Latin America’s largest nation from “socialism and political correctness.”