On the set of I’m Still Here (2024), the acclaimed Brazilian film by Walter Salles Jr., supporting actress Angela Ribeiro was ...

Following two decades of military dictatorship, Brazil adopted its current constitution in 1985 — less than forty years ago. “In Brazil, there’s no such thing as democratic institutions like ...

The details of the proposal are not particularly relevant, because the Brazilian Constitution explicitly states that any law concerning military salaries, pensions or related matters can only be ...

Brazilian authorities announced this week that the Constitution of South America's largest country, originally penned in Portuguese, would be translated into the languages of the indigenous tribes ...

Brazil's Constitution has been translated for the first time into the indigenous Nheengatu language. The new version of the 35-year-old document was released Wednesday, Agencia Brasil reported.

Despite Article 184 of Brazil’s Constitution, land and even buildings in many states across the country have lain empty for decades, according to the USAID. In São Paulo alone, there were some ...

The ‘Forum of Federations Handbook’ offers key insights for scholars, policymakers, and nations like Nepal navigating decentralisation.

Brad Jones, a professor of political science at the University of California Davis, told Newsweek. Birthright citizenship has been interpreted, repeatedly, as an integral part of the 14th Amendment.

Brazil’s Constitution was written in the wake of the dictatorship and in response to it, providing tools to prevent coups, according to anthropologist Isabela Kalil, a coordinator of the Extreme ...

People who like history can tell you about every hard-fought war in the U.S., influential figures in shaping our nation, and ...