South Africa latest to apply for COVID-19 aid from New Development Bank

April 30, 2020 / Essays

This will mostly be used to fund medical equipment such as surgical masks, respirators, and testing supplies.

Heat is on for Brazil’s Bolsonaro

October 15, 2019 / Global Forum

Bolsonaro has shifted focus from an economic reforms agenda, which the country sorely needs amid recession fears, to a cultural one, which pleases his supporters.

Boom or Bust

Winter 2014 / Essays

With commodities no longer booming, Brazil’s economy is in a slump. The good news is that whether or not President Dilma Rousseff wins re-election this year, economic reform is coming.

Middle Eastern immigrants began arriving in the 1850s, and Brazilian governments have long promoted a narrative of harmonious relations between Arabs and Jews. Is this a myth? Is it a basis for a more robust Brazilian foreign policy for the region?

Smile, You’re in Rio

Winter 2014 / Essays

When the author arrived in 1995, she purchased an armored car and retreated to a gated community. Rio de Janeiro was a city at war with itself: elites of the wealthy enclaves versus the urban poor of the favelas. Society is now changing for the better, in ways that cannot be undone.