Explaining Brazil

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Explaining Brazil episodes

October 30, 2018 Special: Brazil elects Jair Bolsonaro (live podcast)
Jair Bolsonaro will, on January 1st, become Brazil's 38th president. What does his victory mean? And how will his presidency be like? That's what Gustavo Ribeiro, Euan Marshall, and Alana Rizzo (Albright Stonebridge Group) debate. Read show notes.

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October 24, 2018 Brazil's critical transition
the conservative wave that swept across the country marks a major rupture. Or, instead, a critical transition - a concept developed by professors Carlos Pereira, of Fundação Getulio Vargas, Bernardo Mueller, of the University of Brasília, Marcus Mello, of the University of Pernambuco, and Lee Alston, of Indiana University in their book Brazil in Transition: Beliefs, Leadership, and Institutional Change. Read show notes.

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24 min
October 17, 2018 Solving Brazil's violence crisis
It is common to point out the problems with Brazil's failed public security system. We've talked to an institution that is proposing possible solutions for the violence crisis. Read show notes.

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26 min
October 10, 2018 Brazil's political system in shatters
We analyze the reasons for the conservative tsunami that swept Brazil's 2018 election. Three main factors come into play. Read show notes.

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26 min
October 05, 2018 Special: Brazilian Constitution #4
In the last episode of our special podcast about Brazil's Constitution, we will talk about how the Constitution has endured the test of time. Read show notes.

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October 05, 2018 Special: Brazilian Constitution #3
In the third episode of our special podcast about Brazil's Constitution, we will talk about its biggest lasting legacies: human rights for all - and a unified healthcare system. Read show notes.

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October 05, 2018 Special: Brazilian Constitution #2
In the second episode of our special podcast about Brazil's Constitution, we will talk about the institutional framework created in 1988. Read show notes.

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October 05, 2018 Special: Brazilian Constitution #1
Brazil's Constitution is 30 years old today. We have prepared a podcast mini-series to discuss how this document came to be, its impact on the Brazilian people, and its legacy to our present - and future. Read show notes.

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14 min
October 03, 2018 The final stretch of Brazil's presidential election
The race heads to the final days before Brazilians cast their ballots. What are the moves each candidate must make to raise their stock? Read show notes.

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24 min
September 26, 2018 The downfall of Brazil's center-right
In the 1990s, the center-right seemed to be Brazil's dominating political force - embodied by the Social Democracy Party (PSDB). Now, many of the party's leaders are either tarnished by corruption or have fallen into irrelevance. Read show notes.

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18 min