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Robert Nickelsberg / Getty The People With the Most to Lose in a U.S.-China Cold War
During the standoff between Washington and Moscow, it was mostly people in poor, developing countries who paid the price.
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Eren Su Kibele Yarman Where Conspiracy Reigns
Paranoia never stopped haunting Brazilian politics. Now, with Jair Bolsonaro in charge, it’s as powerful as ever—and its practitioners have learned a lot from the American internet.
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Peter Mountain / Netflix How The Two Popes Condemns Current-Day Authoritarianism
The film’s references to radical pedagogical texts can be read as a subtle rebuke of Brazil’s Bolsonarismo.
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Rafael Marchante / Reuters Where Progressives Are Winning
Portugal’s socialist alliance soundly defeated its challengers on the right, offering rare good news for the left in Europe.
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Adriano Machado / Reuters The Dirty Problems With Operation Car Wash
News reports have pointed to serious wrongdoing at the heart of the anti-corruption inquiry that has shaken many Latin American countries.
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Willy Kurniawan / Reuters Indonesia’s Democracy Is Becoming More Conservative
Incumbent President Joko Widodo won reelection with a Muslim-cleric running mate and five years of economic growth on his side.
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Ricardo Moraes / Reuters Can Brazil’s Democracy Withstand Jair Bolsonaro?
The far-right former military officer will be Brazil’s next president, but the country’s legislature and courts may yet restrain him.
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Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters The Brazilian Spring That Never Arrived
How the hopeful protests of June 2013 were co-opted by forces intent on bringing down the left.
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Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters Netflix Is Suddenly a Huge Political Issue in Brazil
A new show takes some artistic liberties in telling the story of the country’s massive, ongoing corruption probe. Is it undermining democracy in the process?
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AP What the United States Did in Indonesia
A trove of recently released documents confirms that Washington’s role in the country’s 1965 massacre was part of a bigger Cold War strategy.
