A democracia em risco

Em meio a uma grave crise fiscal, política e econômica, debatendo reformas na legislação trabalhista, tributária, na Previdência e na política, discutindo privatizações e a gratuidade das universidades públicas, o Brasil está de volta a 1989. Vale lembrar, em 15 de novembro daquele ano, os brasileiros foram às urnas para eleger um presidente pela primeira vez desde a recomposição democrática, seis dias depois da queda do Muro de Berlim. Depois da morte de Tancredo Neves e do

ituassu@openDemocracy - "My take is that the origins of the current crisis come from the simultaneous operation of economic prosperity, social improvements, and the expansion of the public sector with no structural reforms in Lula and PT’s administration since 2002, and this is, in a sense, part of the ideological dynamics started in the end of the 1980s that constitutes a tradition which debates the Brazilian state and the country itself after the military regime, the cold w

Brazil emerges from 2014 election with a re-elected president, two problems, and four names in mind. @openDemocracy #eleições2014 #brazil

An unexpected result in the first round leaves the presidential election open. It also hints at Brazil's underlying political dynamics. @opendemocracy #eleições2014 #brazil #brasil

A year of social turbulence preceded Brazil's hosting of football's World Cup, with the competition itself a symbolic target of many protests. What do Brazilians think now? Arthur Ituassu, in Rio, reflects. Leia no openDemocracy. This World Cup definitely feels very different to its predecessors. One sign of this is the streets of Rio de Janeiro. In the past, this competition has always been a big party for we Brazilians. People painted the streets with green and yellow decor