February 2021

Arthur Lira's victory and the impacts on democracy

Congressman Arthur Lira, from the Progressive Party, was elected with 302 votes on February 1 as the president of the Chamber of Deputies for the 2021-2022 biennium. Because it exceeded the absolute majority (257 out…

The race for vaccination against Covid-19 in Brazil: How can the fake news and the negligence of the government influence the immunization?

“The most expected vaccine in history”. This is how many people and media institutions referred to the immunizer capable of stopping the spread of the new coronavirus.  Since December 2019, when the first case of…