Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

Why Populists Don’t Concede

Populist losers are more likely than not to cry fraud, because the entire basis of their appeal lies in the claim that they, and only they, represent “the real people.”

Coronavirus: Brazil president’s post deleted over fake news

Facebook and Instagram remove videos of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, saying they spread misinformation about the coronavirus, a day after Twitter does the same.

Brazil's president accuses actor DiCaprio of financing Amazon fires, offers no evidence

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claims that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rain-forest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader’s latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern.

As Amazon burns, Brazil’s Bolsonaro tells rest of world not to interfere

Amid growing international criticism over the wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro admits farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze but tells foreign powers not to interfere.

October 9, 2022
October 9, 2022

Why Populists Don’t Concede

Populist losers are more likely than not to cry fraud, because the entire basis of their appeal lies in the claim that they, and only they, represent “the real people.”

April 1, 2020
April 1, 2020

Coronavirus: Brazil president’s post deleted over fake news

Facebook and Instagram remove videos of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, saying they spread misinformation about the coronavirus, a day after Twitter does the same.

December 1, 2019
December 1, 2019

Brazil's president accuses actor DiCaprio of financing Amazon fires, offers no evidence

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claims that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rain-forest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader’s latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern.

August 23, 2019
August 23, 2019

As Amazon burns, Brazil’s Bolsonaro tells rest of world not to interfere

Amid growing international criticism over the wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro admits farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze but tells foreign powers not to interfere.