Jan Rocha
Veteran correspondent and regular LAB contributor Jan Rocha writes about life in São Paulo and Brazil
Bolsonaro: is there method in his madness?
11 August 2019, São Paulo.
Each day the list of outrageous, insulting, untruthful comments by the president grows longer as President Jair Bolsonaro takes aim...
Four generals, two monarchs, a judge, guns and gays: a week...
The last few days have seen President Jair Bolsonaro begin to show his true colours as an authoritarian populist. The ex-army captain sacked four...
Bolsonaro: beginning or end?
Is this the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning for Bolsonaro?
São Paulo, 27 May. Crowds dressed in green and...
Bolsonaro: from bananas to pineapples
São Paulo, April 5: ‘If he sees a banana skin on the pavement across the road, he will cross over to slip on it’,...
Brazil to build power line across Indigenous land
The Brazilian state of Roraima is currently dependent for 70 percent of its power on Venezuela’s Guri hydroelectric dam. But socioeconomic chaos in...
The first family, the generals, the oranges and the Cheshire cat
25 February. It’s less than two months since Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as president, but so much has happened that it seems like...
The four bullets that killed Marielle
22 March 2018. Marielle Franco was executed with four bullets. One each for racism, misogyny, homophobia and impunity.
By killing Marielle, the assassins eliminated not...
Rio’s rulers behind bars as the 2018 race begins
1 December 2017. Just over a year ago, Rio was on a roll, basking in post-Olympic glory, applauded all over the world for a...
Brazil: Sojourn in Santarém
Jan Rocha takes a break from her usual razor-sharp analyses of Brazil's political landscape. Yet, even in Santarém, Pará, where the Tapajos river joins...
Temer takes Brazil back to the past
Taking the 'country of the future' back to the past
Sao Paulo, 20th October. It seems that Michel Temer will stop at nothing to buy...
