Brazilian democracy has weathered significant challenges in recent years. But can we deepen it with more robust governance, more consistent state policies, and reduced divisive polarization? Will we succeed in eradicating poverty and reducing inequalities to build a truly democratic, fair, and sustainable nation?
Through debates, publications, and videos, the Fundação FHC seeks to foster democratic dialogue and contribute to addressing the democratic crisis—an issue that extends far beyond Brazil’s borders—and to promoting its consolidation. Some of this content is gathered on this page.
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Featured debates
Steven Levitsky: ‘Trump represents a greater threat to democracy today than in 2016, when he was first elected’
The American political scientist participated in a debate at the Fundação FHC to mark the institution’s 20th anniversary.
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Justices Barroso and Jobim Debate the Role of the Supreme Court
What lessons have been learned from the stress test that Brazilian democracy has faced in recent years? After a period of intense and necessary protagonism, how should the Supreme Court position itself in the years ahead?
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Brazil’s Supreme Court and the Defense of Democracy – by Alexandre de Moraes
Why has Brazil suffered such a succession of attacks on democracy in recent years, culminating in the pro-coup acts of January 8? That was one of the questions that Alexandre de Moraes, Justice of the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court, asked and sought to answer in a lecture at the FHC Foundation on March 31, which...
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Vale a Pena Perguntar
The Brazilian political system and the quality of democracy
The fifth season analyses questions such as: What changes have taken place in the relationship between the branches of government in recent years? Does the financing of parties and electoral campaigns affect representativeness?
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Artificial Intelligence, Democracy and Public Policy
How does artificial intelligence work? How can we address the challenges its use poses to privacy, transparency, and racial and gender non-discrimination? This season explores these and other questions in three episodes.
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