by James Fite | Dec 6, 2018 | Articles, Gun Control, International
In 2016, 61,819 Brazilians were murdered – an average of 198 per day. That’s three and a half times as many homicides as in the United States in the same year. The per capita (per 100,000 population) murder rate of 29.9 was almost five times worse than our six. But...
by Archived Author | Oct 29, 2018 | Articles, International, Politics
Former army captain Jair Bolsonaro won the Brazilian presidential election against his leftist rival Fernando Haddad with 56% of the vote, placing a conservative in power for the first time in decades. The legacy media label him “far right,” which, translated to...
by Archived Author | Oct 9, 2018 | Articles, International, International, Politics
In one of the most anticipated South American presidential elections of 2018, the right-wing nationalist populist and former army captain Jair Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal Party (PSL) won a plurality in the first election round in Brazil, beating the establishment...