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Brazil Archive
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Lula and the Cesare Battisti Affair in the Context of Rome-Latin American Relations
By W. Alejandro Sánchez, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on May 23, 2013 | No CommentsCesare Battisti, a member of Italy’s Armed Proletarians for Communism (PAC), lives comfortably in Brazil, thanks to former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The iconic former head of state signed a decree on his last day as president in December 2010, which stated that Battisti could not be extradited... -
Research: On Separatism in Latin America
By BY W. Alejandro Sanchez, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, and Kimberly Bullard, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on May 21, 2013 | No CommentsIn mid January 2013, the inhabitants of Chile’s Easter Island carried out major protests, declaring that the central government in Santiago had largely forgotten them and had failed to contribute to the island’s growth and development. An article in the British daily The Guardian explained how some islanders had even... -
Press Release: New Research on Brazil’s Rise as a Global Power
By DR. SEAN BURGES, SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE COUNCIL ON HEMISPHERIC AFFAIRS AS WELL AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AT THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY on May 16, 2013 | 2 CommentsThe selection of Ambassador Roberto Azevêdo as Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has once again put Brazilian diplomacy on the front pages of the world’s newspapers. While without a doubt superbly prepared and qualified for this new post, Azevêdo’s appointment also owes much to Brazil’s international reputation... -
COHA RESEARCH – Brazil’s Foreign Policy: Putting the B in BRICS
By W. Alejandro Sánchez, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, and Amandha Lopes, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on April 25, 2013 | 2 CommentsIn recent years Brazil has taken its ambitions of becoming a global power to the next level. The Portuguese-speaking giant has experienced major economic and social development over the past decade. As a result, it enjoys a strong military and growing influence both in the geographically defined Western Hemisphere and... -
The Free Market Experiment in Latin America: Assessing Past Policies and the Search for a Pathway Forward (The second of three parts)
By Dr. Ronn Pineo, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, and Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Towson University on April 11, 2013 | 4 CommentsNote: Part I of this three part series set the background regarding neoliberalism in the region. It explored the shortcomings of the free market strategy with respect to economic growth and development, especially by offering comparisons to the previous economic programs of state-led growth. Part II considers the social costs... -
Open Letter to The Economist – RE: “Hugo Chávez’s Rotten Legacy”
By Dr. Ronn Pineo, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, as well as Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Towson University on April 1, 2013 | 9 Comments“Hugo Chávez’s Rotten Legacy” bequeathed by The Economist offers many sloppy factual errors regarding the memory of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. In its shamelessly ideologized bushwacking of the Venezuelan leader, Chávez is presented as an anti-democratic, autocratic, and anti-private business zealot, as he allegedly cynically buys votes for himself by...