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Gobernabilidad y escarnio político en Brasil

By Daniel Cerqueira / December 1, 2016

Tan pronto las campanas del Senado anunciaron la suspensión de Dilma Rousseff del cargo de Presidenta, el 14 de mayo, Michel Temer prometió mejorar la gobernabilidad; entiéndase, la interlocución entre el Gobierno y el Congreso, con el fin de superar la crisis política que paralizara el país desde el ...
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Olympics arrive, but life goes on in crisis-stricken Brazil

By Patricio Navia / August 9, 2016

Just as the political crisis in Brazil heads toward the final Senate vote on the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, Brazilians have turned their attention to the XXI Olympiad that began on August 5 in Rio de ...
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John Oliver attempts to explain the chaos in Brazil

March 22, 2016

John Oliver's latest episode offers his take on what is going on behind all of the headlines coming out of ...
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Rousseff playing goalie

March 18, 2016

As this crisis unfolds, it becomes clear that president Dilma Rousseff seems to behave more like a losing goalie - making futile attempts to shield her team, and the little that remains of her government’s viability - than like the president which Brazilians vested with trust, and legitimacy to “lead” in ...
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That’s not how I imagined olympics fever

February 19, 2016

Together with the current economic recession, a hovering corruption scandal, a potential presidential impeachment and now the WHO declaration of a global emergency over the Zika virus, Brazil seems to be taking more than it can ...
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The Rot at the Heart of the Brazilian Economy

By Christopher Sabatini / February 10, 2016

The first step to fixing Brazil’s crisis will have to involve recognizing that the rot goes much deeper than it might seem. Brazil’s troubles began with the downturn in the global commodity markets, but the roots of the malaise trace much ...
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Latest from Latin Pulse – December 18th

December 18, 2015

Politics and diplomacy provide the main themes for Latin Pulse this week. The program marks the anniversary of the diplomatic opening between Cuba and the United States with a special interview recorded in Havana. It also follows the complicated corruption scandal in Brazil that has now intersected with the political movement to impeach and unseat President Dilma ...
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The sad death of the Latin American left

By Christopher Sabatini / December 11, 2015

Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Brazil’s Luiz Inacio da Silva dreamed of a new world order. Their successors watched it fall to ...
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Latest from Latin Pulse – December 4th

December 4, 2015

Latin Pulse returns from holiday hiatus this week, with a program about culture and politics. The program previews the film Olvidados, about Operation Condor, that will soon make its cable debut on HBO Latino. The film tells the story of Operation Condor from a Bolivian perspective. And the program catches up with the results of the Argentine presidential elections and analyzes how a shift to a conservative government means historic changes for that ...
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