Symbol Lexicon
From the chamber's eagle to the national colors: every flag, coat of arms, and party emblem explained in full historical context — who adopted it, what it meant then, and what it signals now.
Browse the LexiconIndependent · Non-partisan · Brazil
Decoding the symbols of Brazilian power.
Símbolo explains the flags, emblems, institutions, and electoral numbers behind every Brazilian political story — with primary sources, historical context, and no spin.
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Institutions monitored
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Documents analyzed
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Features
Three instruments for reading power critically.
A lexicon, a data desk, and an analysis room — built to make Brazilian political symbolism legible and checkable.
Electoral Data Hub
Polls, roll-call votes, and turnout turned into clear visual series — every chart linked back to the official record.
Runoff turnout · presidential
80.6%2014
76.7%2018
79.1%2022
Critical Analysis
Methodology-driven, non-partisan breakdowns: claims sourced, counter-arguments stated, uncertainty flagged. We scrutinize power — we never campaign for it.
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From symbol to signal in three steps.
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Follow your institutions
Choose the bodies, symbols, and races you track — Congress, the electoral courts, state flags — and build your reading list.
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Explore sourced analysis
Every entry pairs its claims with primary sources: official gazettes, TSE records, chamber roll calls, and archived emblems.
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Read by people who check sources.
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The only briefing I read that shows its receipts. When our newsroom cites Brazilian polling, we cite the Símbolo data hub.
My civics classes finally have a non-partisan source on Brazilian institutions that my students can verify themselves.
Pricing
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Every plan funds the same independent newsroom.
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Free
- Complete Symbol Lexicon
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- Open electoral datasets
Analyst
R$ 39 /month
- Everything in Citizen
- Interactive Data Hub
- Source-linked analysis
- Roll-call vote tracker
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R$ 129 /month
- Everything in Analyst
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FAQ
Straight answers.
How is Símbolo funded?
Entirely by readers. Subscriptions fund the newsroom, and we accept no money from parties, candidates, government agencies, or politically interested advertisers. Our funding ledger is published every quarter.
What methodology do you follow?
Every claim must trace to a primary source — the Diário Oficial, TSE records, House and Senate roll calls, or institutional archives. Where evidence is contested or thin, we say so in the text, and every correction is logged publicly.
Where does your data come from?
Official records only: TSE electoral data, chamber voting records, IBGE statistics, and institutional archives. We never publish a number we cannot trace back to an official record.
How do you guard against bias?
Two editors from different political backgrounds review each analysis against a published bias checklist, and every piece names its own uncertainties. Criticism targets records and conduct — never identity or affiliation.
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Yes. One click in your account, effective immediately, with pro-rata refunds on annual plans. The weekly briefing and the Citizen tier stay free forever.
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