In the course of the past few days I’ve been asked a lot of questions about the current situation in Brazil. I’ve written about it here, here and here. As I am not currently in Brazil, I am relying heavily on other sources for my information. I thought I would list some of the best…
With growing interest and some alarm I have been watching the increasingly chaotic political situation in Brazil over the past few days. In a previous article I wrote about the massive protests on Sunday in response to the corruption of Brazil’s ruling political party (the PT). It should be noted that many of the protesters…
A week ago I wrote briefly about the current political climate in Brazil. Today protesters took to the streets in record-setting numbers to demand the ouster of current president Dilma Rousseff, and the arrest of former president Luís Inácio “Lula” da Silva. In the past, the PT (the ruling, leftist, Workers Party) has been able…