If you have been paying attention to western media coverage of the Brazilian elections, you would probably think that Brazil, along with Britain, the US and the Philippines, has gone off the right-wing cliff and is about to crash and burn.
Elections
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In the last article focused on the road that led to Brazil’s current political, economical and social situation. Now the country is faced with two options for its top leadership that aren’t remotely similar.
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Brazil is on the cusp of massive political changes, that have been in the works since the beginning of the century.
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Prior to the PiS party (Law and Justice, a right-wing party) achieving a majority in the parliamentary elections in late 2015, Poland enjoyed 8 years of relatively calm state governance by the PO party (Civil Platform, a central-right-wing party).
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I believe it to be a wide spread misconception that the European project might be under threat because of the rise of nationalism in certain countries of the European Union (EU).