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The article provides an overview of the rise of Bolsonarismo in Brazil, a far-right movement associated with former President Jair Bolsonaro. It discusses the unique historical roots of the movement and its connection to global far-right forces. The article also examines the formation of Brazil's new right, which defends exclusionary inequalities and conservative values, and utilizes information technologies to spread disinformation. It highlights the role of various actors, such as the military, evangelicals, and agribusiness, in the consolidation of Bolsonarismo. The article argues that while there are global influences, it is important to understand Bolsonarismo as a phenomenon with solid local foundations. [Extracted from the article]

An interview with Ester Hoffman of the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) in Brazil is presented, focusing on sustainability, agro-ecology, and the future of MST as the largest social movement. Hoffman discusses topics including the impact of the policies of Brazil's President Michel Temer on MST, the response of MST to the policies of Temer and criticism by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, and the struggle for food sovereignty.

The article details how antiracists movements have drawn from midcentury African American struggles to demand an end to the killings of young African American men and women, in which activists refer to as state-sanctioned anti-Black genocide in Brazil. The discourse emerging around Black Lives Matter presents an opportunity to assess the critical issues at the heart of the movement and their global political relevance.

The article focuses on the resistance of social and environmental movements to an infrastructure project that includes a port, a railway, roads, a mine and an airport in Bahia, Brazil dubbed as Projeto Porto Sul. State officials claim that the port will facilitate exports of natural resources from Bahai to China and India. Opponents countered that the project will affect sustainable development, natural resources and pose health risk. The Ilhéus Action adds that the number of jobs promised by proponents will occur during the construction phase.

The article focuses on the success of Brazil in responding to HIV and AIDS. The country's National Program on Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS (PNDSTAIDS) is said to be as one of the most progressive governmental AIDS programs in the world. The author claims that the program is characterized by a high degree of openness and has changed perceptions about the potential for HIV/AIDS treatment in resource-poor settings. One of the social movements that sought to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic is the sanitary reform movement in public health.

The article explores the black women's movement in Brazil. The social sciences produced by black intellectuals that developed in Brazil in the 1970s and 1980s showed that without the implementation of public policies for black citizens, no theory of development can be sustained as a model for overcoming socioeconomic inequalities. The conceptual development of intersectionality must take into account all the accumulated identities that burden black Brazilian women.

Focuses on the factors that led to the establishment of the Landless Rural Workers' Movements (MST) in Brazil. Background on the social movement; Purpose of the schools established by the MST in their encampments, settlements and cooperatives; Impact of the implementation of neoliberal policies on Brazilian minorities.

Focuses on the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST) in Brazil. Three stages of the history of the MST; Two greatest challenges facing MST; Factors that stimulated the resurgence of the movements of landless agricultural workers in the country.

Presents information on the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) in Brazil. Tragic events that mark a turning point in the process of conflict and negotiation between the MST and the Brazilian government; Sectors within the organizational structure of MST; Other groups that struggle for land reform.

The article discusses lessons of horizontalism and autonomy from the bus fare struggle in Brazil in 2013. It highlights the initiatives of the Free Fare Movement (MPL) militant group to drive the protest against the public transportation fare hike and to guarantee the horizontal structure of the movement, which included rotation of roles and responsibilities, political education and workshops. Also noted is the cooperation of the MPL with left-wing political forces and parties.

Presents an interview with Joãa Pedro Stedile, one of the founding members of the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), Brazil's Landless Rural Workers' Movement, on the role of the social movement in politics and history of the country. Information on the land occupation protest organized by the movement in state of Parané on April 15, 1996; Factors that led to the establishment of the MST; Background on the MST.

Presents information on the second National Continental Conference For Humanity and Against Neoliberalism in 1999 in Belem, Brazil. Movement that did not participate; Themes throughout the conference; Assertion of the members of the National Liberation Army regarding peace.