by Michael De Dios | Dec 11, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
On November 8, 2019, Former Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva was released from prison after the latest ruling from the Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal that reverses its position to allow imprisonment after a conviction following a first appeal. A day...
by Eugenia Alvares Affonso | Apr 8, 2019 | Boston University
While reading chapter nine of Hochschild’sStrangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right , I couldn’t help but think about how the “Deep Story” she proposes to explain the current divide in American politics could be adapted to analyze what...
by Sarah Ampolsk | Mar 19, 2019 | American University
by Sarah Ampolsk “It’s an honor to be here after decades of anti-American presidents,” Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office today. Bolsonaro, often referred to as the “Trump of the Tropics,” was elected president of...
by Eugenia Alvares Affonso | Feb 11, 2019 | Boston University
On October 28, 2018, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, from PSL (Social Liberal Party), was elected president of Brazil with 55 percent of valid votes on the second round of the elections. Despite of having more than 30 years in public office as a Federal Deputy, Bolsonaro had...
