Taisa Sganzerla

Brazil Editor

Global Voices Online

Freelance Brazilian journalist, video editor and translator based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Freelance Brazilian journalist, video editor and translator based in São Paulo, Brazil.  


Jair Bolsonaro pictured with his mouth.

Will fake news carry Brazil’s favored far-right candidate to victory?

Global Politics

Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign has spread deceitful and misleading news debunked by fact-checkers. Brazil’s electoral courts planned to take measures to curb the spread of fake news, but they underestimated its impact, and the measures hardly came to fruition.

crowd of protesters with umbrellas and signs

Your guide to understanding Brazil’s political crisis

Justice
Image mash-up combining WhatsApp logo and Brazilian flag.

WhatsApp is back on in Brazil. But why was it blocked in the first place?

Business