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In a preface to the Brazilian edition of “Crises of Democracy”, Adam Przeworski (2020) informs that when he began writing his book, Brazil would not be a country in crisis, since its institutions were solid.…
In the last decade, the decline in the quality and quantity of democracies has worried academics, governments, and entities linked to the protection of human rights. It is transparent in the reach of extreme-right speeches,…
Last week, the National Council of Justice (CNJ) authorized videoconference custody hearings during the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision adopted in a Resolution represents a change in the agency’s understanding, which had previously prohibited remote custody…
The Sars-CoV-2 pandemic that devastated the world in 2020 has changed the structures of various societies. One of them was the secular US party conventions. The Democratic Party, in August, made official the candidacy of…
In an interview with Deutsche Welle Brasil on October 8, Vice President Hamilton Mourão, in addition to praising the government’s approach to the coronavirus pandemic – despite Brazil’s particularly negative data – said that torturer…
On September 23, 2020, the celebration of a historic agreement involving Volkswagen do Brasil and the three branches of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (Federal, State and the one specialized in Labor Law) was announced. The…
The Presidency of the Republic presented to the National Congress, on September 3, 2020, the Proposal of Constitutional Amendment (PEC) n. 32/2020, which aims to change the rules for future state servants of the Executive,…
On August 23, after being questioned about checks that would have been deposited by Queiroz in the first lady’s account, Bolsonaro threatened a journalist: “My desire is to fill your mouth in the beating. The…
In recent weeks, many Brazilians have followed the sad and difficult journey of a rape victim child in search of the realization of his right to legal and safe abortion. Although she was protected by…
The schism caught in the Brazilian jurisprudence about the (non) recognition of the labor bond between the so-called “entrepreneurial partners” of the application services and the companies that are behind these apps in the sharing…
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