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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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‘Carnaval Is Cancelled’ & 6 Other Brazilian Apocalyptic Favourites
Why is it that everything that happens in Brasil seems to be reported like an existential threat & why do foreign outlets so often get …
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Fait Accompli: The Cheerleaders for Impeachment
In September Bloomberg covered a Brazilian elite NYC fundraising gala which it sponsored along with Goldman Sachs, BrazilFoundation (linked to BlackRock Inc) and KAR Properties, a developer …
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Narcos: South of the Border
Narcos is not a documentary and purely as televisual entertainment it is difficult to dislike. It is directed by the talented Brazilian José Padilha (Bus …
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The Problem With Veja…
A toxic rag with an agenda that goes far beyond journalism. – Jon Lee Anderson, veteran reporter at the New Yorker. Last week football legend …
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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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The Pajero Paradox
“Latin America” is not a country. It is a vast region of the Earth with parallel indigenous & colonial histories, independence struggles, mostly common language, …
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The Economist & Brasil: A Love Story
The Economist holds an unusual position in the Brazilian media landscape, it is frequently featured on front pages of major conservative dailies and has …
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Stats, Maps & Havaianas
You might have seen this odd map popping up in your timelines over the past few weeks, a map purporting to reveal the principal …
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Echoes in the Echo Chamber: Brasil, Elections, Media & the Ghosts of ’64.
“There’s an unwritten understanding amongst Foreign Correspondents that the U.S. wants PSDB in power.” – Foreign Correspondent, São Paulo, 22/6/2013 Originally published March 2015. …
