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Dilma Rousseff
February 7, 2019
Alexander Zaitchik, Christopher Lord
How a Demon-Slaying Pentecostal Billionaire Is Ushering in a Post-Catholic Brazil
Edir Macedo has a church, a bank, a TV channel, and a Moses complex. And with the election of Jair Bolsonaro, he has emerged as the country’s most controversial kingmaker.
November 26, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
The death of Fidel Castro is the perfect Rorschach test for our times.
August 10, 2016
Steven Cohen
Brazil is counting on the Olympics to distract from its farcical impeachment trial.
August 9, 2016
Steven Cohen
Expect more political protests at the Olympics.
August 9, 2016
Steven Cohen
Bernie Sanders picked a weird time to start caring about Brazilian politics.
August 8, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Rio Olympics is turning into Dilma Rousseff’s revenge.
August 5, 2016
Steven Cohen
What will Donald Trump hate about the Olympics opening ceremony?
May 20, 2016
Steven Cohen
Glenn Greenwald is pretty good at speaking Portuguese.
May 16, 2016
Lee Alston
Is Dilma Rousseff’s Impeachment Good for Brazil?
It may offer a chance for Brazil to return to the policies "that put the country on a virtuous trajectory of rising growth and falling inequality."
May 12, 2016
Steven Cohen
Democracy lost in Brazil.
April 18, 2016
Steven Cohen
The impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is a farce.
March 4, 2016
Steven Cohen
Latin America’s leftist movement is on the ropes.

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