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Collapsing Narrative – The Week The World Noticed Brasil’s Coup
A momentous week in Brasil was also one where the dominant international narrative shifted from widespread depiction of a “Heroic Impartial Anti-Corruption Campaign” (If …
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Brasil’s Black Wednesday
The situation in Brasil at the time of publication is extremely complicated & fluid but to better understand it, it needs to be broken down …
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13/3 Protest: Much, much, more of the same
At the March 13 Anti-Government protest, PSDB Opposition Politicians, São Paulo State Governor Geraldo Alckmin & defeated 2014 Presidential Candidate Aécio Neves, can surely …
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Lula & The Trite Theatre Of Lava Jato
The depiction of Operation Lava Jato as an apolitical moral crusade, a new essentialist myth and a natural phase in the country’s development, is …
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A Doutrina do Choque no Brasil
“Só uma crise, real ou percebida, produz uma mudança real.” – Milton Friedman. (Originalmente publicado em Inglês 22/6/15) O ano de 2015 está sendo …
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Empire: Unchanging motives, changing means
American exceptionalism is a myth. Superpowers do not promote democracy, not at home and certainly not abroad. Democracy requires popular sovereignty – power to …
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Forever in the Future?
Brasil’s streets have been filled with protests in the last few weeks, evoking similar events taking place earlier in the year. Most of the …
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The Silent Left
Back in October 2014, a thirty-something, upper-middle class couple carry a large red flag towards a demonstration a few kilometres away, having walked the length of São …
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Brasil’s Shock Doctrine
“Only a crisis, real or perceived, produces real change.” – Milton Friedman. Brasil is having a horrible 2015; a far less favourable global economic …
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What could the United States do to regain the trust of Brasil?
During the approach to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s re-scheduled visit to the United States there has been much talk about what Brasil can do …
