The 2024 municipal elections in Brazil, held every four years, determine the mayors of 5,570 cities across the country, as well as their city council members. These elections serve as a political thermometer for the upcoming presidential elections, which follow two years later. The elections not only provided a diverse landscape of elected mayors but also showed significant changes in the distribution of city councilors and the performance of the main political parties at the local level.

The current crisis at Volkswagen in Germany presents a valuable opportunity to compare how workers in Germany respond, in contrast to those in other countries, particularly Brazil, even when facing the same company. These differences can be attributed to significant institutional variations between nations. Despite Volkswagen confronting one of the most severe challenges in its history, the German model of labor-capital relations retains its distinctive characteristics.

Populism manifests differently in various geographies due to different national frameworks, including political history, system, and culture. However, a common thread among populist movements is their claim of embodying the people as the voice of the people and the outsider opposing the morally compromised ruling elite, be it at a local or global level. The primary focus of this blog article is on how the discourse of right-wing populism is addressed in Brazil.