Brazil

Brazil in the Era of Trump

February 16, 2017 // O Globo - Brazil - Portuguese

We should position Brazil as a third party in the dispute between China and the United States. South America is Brazil’s greatest priority in foreign relations – that’s how it was, at least, during the first decade of the millennium. Brazil rejected the Free Trade Area of the Americas, created the Union [Read more]

‘America First’ – So Begins the Trump Revolution

January 22, 2017 // Veja - Brazil - Portuguese

Trump's defiant inaugural address reveals how the new president is coming out of the gate swinging, exactly as he promised over the course of his successful campaign. Michelle Obama’s embittered expression practically summed up the entire situation for adversaries of the new president. In front of outgoing [Read more]

Threats to Democracy

December 10, 2016 // - Brazil - Portuguese

Democracy is at risk precisely because, for diverse reasons, many voters today don’t feel they are effective participants in the political process.

China Plans To Fill US Power Vacuum in Wake of Trump

November 28, 2016 // O Globo - Brazil - Portuguese

President Xi Jinping has defended the globalized economy and stated that his country will open its doors to partners at a time when Trump has charted the opposite course. If Donald Trump were, in fact, to make good on his presidential campaign promise to implement a protectionist approach to foreign trade, [Read more]

After Trump, Petition Calling for Protection of the Paris Accord Has 800,000 Signatures

November 20, 2016 // O Globo - Brazil - Portuguese

Petition on Avaaz is receiving support from people around the world Practically every second the petition on the site Avaaz “World Leaders: Protect the Paris Accord” is receiving signatures from diverse countries such as Israel, Brazil and Russia—up to now, it has already received more than 820,000 of [Read more]

Trump: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

November 20, 2016 // La Crónica de Hoy - Mexico - Spanish

Trump rode the wave of the disenchanted. Now, he is ready to move into the White House for at least the next four years and quite possibly the next eight.

Idiots, Sex Addicts, and Fighters: A Look at Other Presidents

November 10, 2016 // Veja - Brazil - Portuguese

Let's simply remember some curious facts from a political past that does not always jibe with the vision of a winning and unbreakable national narrative.

Disengaging Republicans

November 6, 2016 // El País - Brazil - Portuguese

We hope that the withdrawal of support for Trump by his own party has not arrived too late. Although at this stage it might seem impossible, Donald Trump’s statements continue to surpass their own limits in vulgarity, reaching levels never seen before in American politics and rarely seen at some bars. A [Read more]

The Six Days of Surprises and Scandals that Have Shaken Hillary

November 6, 2016 // Veja - Brazil - Portuguese

Emails discovered on a sex addict’s computer or revealed by Julian Assange have dogged the candidate. The floodgates were only opened last Friday, when FBI director Jim Comey said that there were new facts in the investigation about the use of personal emails by Hillary Clinton and her staff when she was [Read more]

One Step Closer to the White House, Hillary Wins the Last Debate

October 31, 2016 // HuffPost Brasil - Brazil - Portuguese

There is no doubt that Hillary came out of this debate victorious, just as she did in the last two.

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