There is no nuance when it comes to choosing history’s villains; nobody will care if Brazilians really hated the Workers Party government when their major cities are under water

Every week Operation Car Wash brought a new list of arrests, and the country was enraptured. But dividing politicians into heroes and villains leads to bad politics

Brazil’s far-right leader has designs on the rainforest—and we will all suffer the consequences

The election of Jair Bolsonaro wasn't an inevitable act in populism's sweeping decade. There was an active choice for hatred

How did the Brazilian left allow itself to come so close to losing against an authoritarian?

Museum staff had warned of underfunding and hazardous conditions. But in Brazil, anti-intellectualism has become mainstream

Instead of treating it like a necessary evil, Remainers should reject lazy anti-immigrant sentiment—and show why freedom of movement is a good thing

Ken Livingstone's comments were contemptible. So how come so many people—and news channels—wanted him to keep repeating them?