Tag Archives: Brazil

The Skeletons in Brazil’s Closet

By Eliza Sweren-Becker | Published: July 10, 2010
In the last year, you’d be hard-pressed to have heard or read anything negative about Brazil (with the exception of President Lula’s pesky affinity for Iran). The South American giant emerged virtually unscathed from the financial crisis and is now the media darling of the Financial Times and the Economist. Democracy has generally been very [...]
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From Partner by Default to Partner of Choice: Shifting US Policy in Latin America

By Eliot Brockner | Published: April 13, 2010
On March 26, US Ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield said the US is close to signing bi-lateral military accords with two unspecified countries in Latin America. In October 2009, following a failed attempt to keep the details secret, the US and Colombia hastily announced a deal allowing US troops and advisors to use seven military bases [...]
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Interpol, the US, and Brazil

By Rachel Glickhouse | Published: March 25, 2010
Brazil and the United States have had a troubled relationship in the past year, between a bitter trade feud, a high profile child abduction case, and currently, disagreements on Iran. But the latest international debacle between the two countries involves a powerful Brazilian politician and a New York lawyer. It began in 2007, when the Manhattan [...]
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Brazil’s nuclear initiatives: what should be done about them?

By W. Alejandro "Alex" Sánchez | Published: March 16, 2010
Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim recently declared that he is against additional inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and restrictions regarding selling uranium to other countries, a key ingredient for developing nuclear energy and nuclear armament. Indeed, Brazil has so far refused to sign an amended version of the NPT, the so-called additional [...]
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Brazilian Oil PR Bonanza

By Rachel Glickhouse | Published: September 3, 2009
Though there are a variety big issues in Brazil right now, mostly involving the Sarney corruption scandal and the Senate’s Internet censorship during the upcoming elections, there is another issue, one of President Lula’s pet projects and evidently one of the federal government’s top priorities: oil. Petrobras, the state-run petroleum company, has long been a leader [...]
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Election Watch in Brazil: Female Candidates at the Fore

By Rachel Glickhouse | Published: August 18, 2009
The presidential elections are a little over a year away in Brazil, and the campaigns are beginning to heat up. This week, Epoca Magazine announced that the former Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, is running for president, making the race all the more interesting. Considering Brazil’s role as one of the new economic world [...]
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Affirmative Action in Colombia and Brazil: Shared Lessons

By Rachel Glickhouse | Published: August 6, 2009
Brazil and Colombia have a lot in common and a lot to learn from one another; though they don’t share the same language or colonizers, they do share a similar history and contemporary situation. Brazil is the largest country in Latin America, with 8,514,877 square kilometers and the largest population in South America, with nearly 199 [...]
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