How is Latin America handling the devastation of the COVID pandemic? 🔊
COVID-19 is a truly global pandemic, but the threats to the health, wellbeing, and economic prospects of people are particularly salient across Latin America. Two countries, in particular, Brazil and Mexico, are feeling the brunt of the pandemic more so. Doug Becker...
Bolsonaro’s handling of COVID-19 in Brazil is a disaster: “So What?”
By Genaro Oliveira When Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll passed China’s some days ago, a local reporter asked Jair Bolsonaro his thoughts on the morbid figures. The president’s first answer “So what?” When Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll passed China’s some days ago, a local...
How has Brazilian politics been affected by COVID-19? 🔊
Brazil is the largest country in South America, with the highest GDP, a huge population, large urban towns, and a deep divide between rich and poor. Its response to the coronavirus pandemic has implications not only for the country itself but also for the region and...
Is corruption to blame for the Amazon forest fires?
By Rodrigo Telles de Souza Amazonia Is burning, and corruption is one of the reasons, says Rodrigo Telles de Souza. Amazonia is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, spread over nine South American countries (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, French...
Q+A: What does Jair Bolsonaro’s victory mean for Brazil and the rest of the world?
Brazil is the largest country in South America. It is the fifth-largest in the world and third largest in the Western hemisphere. Its GDP ranks it ninth in the world, and its population is 213 million. On October 28th 2018, Jair Bolsonaro won the presidency of Brazil...
What happened in Brazil’s presidential election?
By Helder Ferreira do Vale Helder Ferreira do Vale casts an eye over the recently concluded Brazilian presidential election. After the most polarized and divisive campaign in its modern history, Brazil has elected as its next president a right-wing politician who...
Could Brazilians elect their own Donald Trump?
By Jessie Bullock The Global Anticorruption Blog’s Jessie Bullock looks at whether Brazil could be about to elect their own version of Donald Trump. Will Brazil get its own Donald Trump? Brazil’s next election is right around the corner (the campaign starts...Subscribe by Email
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