Brazil: Is Marina Silva the PT’s Nemesis?
By Luciano Melo Photo courtesy of the Marina Silva campaign website No politician in recent years has been able to shake and polarize Brazilian politics as Marina Silva has since becoming the Brazilian...
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By Eric Hershberg and Luciano Melo Aécio Neves – Senador & World Economic Forum / Foter / CC BY-NC-SA The first round of Brazil’s presidential election has set the stage for a runoff playing...
View ArticleBrazil: Implications of Dilma’s Victory
By Eric Hershberg and Matthew Taylor Sala de Imprensa / Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0 President Dilma Rousseff’s reelection – by a tight 3.28 percent of the vote – sets the stage for a period of challenges and...
View ArticleBrazil: Sacrificing Anti-Poverty Success?
By Hayley Jones* Photo Credit: Senado Federal / Flickr / Creative Commons Brazil’s flagship antipoverty program, the Bolsa Família, faces an uncertain future as the government of Interim President...
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