Apr 24, 2019 | Politics & Society
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...
Feb 4, 2019 | Politics & Society
Venezuela is once again at a crossroads. The opposition leader Juan Guaidó has declared himself the interim leader of the country, while calls are growing internationally for President Nicolas Maduro to step aside. But what is the historic context behind the ongoing...
Nov 5, 2018 | Politics & Society
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...
Sep 12, 2018 | Arts & Culture
On September 11, 1973, General Augusto Pinochet toppled the democratically elected president of Chile, Salvador Allende – destroying the longest standing democracy in Latin America in the process. How much do we know now about what really happened in Chile in...
Aug 2, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Andrea Oelsner & Federico Merke Andrea Oelsner and Federico Merke explore the ongoing political crisis in Venezuela and offer up five reasons why the nightmare could get worse. “It’s time for a coup in Venezuela.” That statement appeared in Foreign Policy...