President Bolsonaro’s Promises and Actions on Corruption Control by Paul Lagunes, Gregory Michener, Fernanda Odilla, Breno Pires

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Restructuring the Economic Policy Framework in Brazil: Genuine or Gattopardo change? by Rui Lyrio Modenesi, André de Melo Modenesi, Norberto Montani Martins, Patrick Fontaine

“…We analyzed Brazil’s development since World War II and especially Presidents Lula and Rousseff’s economic policy by integrating historical and political economy approaches using the concept of “development convention”. …”
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MycoNews 2021: President’s message, IMA statutes, news, reports, awards, personalia, and book news by David L. Hawksworth

“…Abstract This third annual edition of MycoNews starts with a message from IMA President Wieland Meyer regarding the adoption of new statutes for the IMA, the postponement of IMC12 to 2024, and announcing Marc Stadler as President-elect. …”
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New or Old Relations? Brazil’s Technical Assistance in Mozambique during the Lula da Silva Administration by Elga Lessa De Almedia

“…The arrival of Lula da Silva as President of the Republic in 2003 allowed Brazil to re-initiate relations with African countries, which had chilled during the period immediately following re-democratization. …”
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Em busca de um tema esquecido: o lugar da educação nas recentes interpretações do Brasil by Marcos Cezar de Freitas, Luciano Mendes de Faria Filho

“…This text is proposed to analyze the place reserved for education in the contemporary interpretations of Brazil. To do so, we chose a group of works published from the end of the twentieth century, time when commemorations / discussions about the 500 anniversary of the “Discovery” have been built up until the year 2015 when an Economic Crisis has been installed and resulted in the ousting of the Dilma Roussef from the Republic Presidency. …”
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O que o Estado quer dizer quando fala sobre COVID-19: a adesão dóxica em narrativas presidenciais e ministeriais de respostas ao cenário da pandemia by Rafael Borim-de-Souza, João Gabriel Dias dos Santos, Camilla Atibaia Cestari

“…This research was developed aiming: to analyze, in Brazil, through narratives from the Presidents of the Republic and Ministers of State, what the State wanted to say when it talks about answers to the pandemic scenario provoked by the COVID-19; and, to identify, in this conjuncture, a possible process of doxic adhesion to the answers presented by and in the name of the State. …”
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Qual será a verdade do jeitinho brasileiro? Perspectivas sobre a Comissão Nacional da Verdade do Brasil by Rodrigo Stumpf González, Rodrigo Lentz

“…After 31 years of dictatorship, military power was transferred to a civilian president for 27 years ago. A new Constitution was ratified 24 years ago and, since then, Brazil has has six presidential elections. …”
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Bolsonaro’s ‘Anti-Diplomacy' by J. A. Timofeeva

“…The article compares Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro diplomacy with the traditional one and explains in what terms and why his foreign policy is different from a classical approach.Before he came to power, such principles as peaceful coexistence with neighbors, aspiration for national grandeur, peaceful conflict settlement and independent decision making were inherent in Brazilian diplomacy. …”
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Bolsonaro et la covid-19 au Brésil : réflexions autour d’un double paradoxe by François Roubaud, Mireille Razafindrakoto

“…After the unexpected arrival of far-right Jair Bolsonaro at the top of the state, his catastrophic handling of the covid-19 health and economic crisis has brought new surprises. Brazil, one of the worst affected countries, appears to be unable to control the spread of the virus. …”
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Changes within Continuity: An Analysis of Recent Brazilian Foreign Policy (1990-2010) by Esteban Actis

“…The current article proposes analyzing the recent orientation of Brazilian foreign policy (1990-2010) by highlighting and illuminating the elements of change and continuity that President Lula’s arrival to power entailed regarding the foreign activities of Brazil. …”
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The battle of the Zé Gotinhas: The schismogenesis of images and political audiences on Brazilian social media by Kelly Cristiane da Silva, Fábio de Oliveira Martins

“…Abstract: Centring on a dispute between different versions of an icon of public health and immunization policies in Brazil, we explore the analytic potential of the rival images and their embedding in a dynamic structure of long-term schismogenesis fed by former president Jair Bolsonaro, his political allies and publics. …”
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The ballot under the bayonet: election law in the first years of the Brazilian civil-military regime (1964-1967) by Leonardo Augusto de Andrade Barbosa

“…Abstract This paper analyzes reforms in election law introduced by the civil-military government instituted in Brazil following the 1964 coup-d’état. After a brief background on the issue, it focuses on the tenure of President Humberto de Alencar Castello Branco (April 1964 to March 1967), particularly on the modification of the ineligibilities legislation aimed at the state elections of 1965. …”
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COVID-19, school closures, and remote teaching: The response time of Brazilian education systems by Roberta dos Reis Neuhold, Márcio Rogério Olivato Pozzer

“…This was the case in Brazil, which, during a crisis of the federal pact, triggered fragmented and uncoordinated remote teaching programs. …”
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Abrupt Geographical Transition between Aposematic Color Forms in the Spittlebug Prosapia ignipectus (Fitch) (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) by Vinton Thompson, Gervasio S. Carvalho

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Slowly climbing a slippery slope: Trade unions at COP by Jeremy Anderson

“…Although I recognise the many failings and structural weaknesses of the COP process, with Brazil taking up the COP30 Presidency this year, this would be a bad time to withdraw from it. …”
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