BY OLIVER STUENKEL | JUNE 19, 2019 Diplomats across the region have begun to regard Brazil as a source of instability. When it comes to...
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BY OLIVER STUENKEL | MAY 21, 2019 Brazil’s “adult in the room” wants to undo President Bolsonaro’s damage. But his...
BY OLIVER STUENKEL | MAY 7, 2019 International observers often fail to consider the many challenges that Venezuela will face after Maduro is...
BY OLIVER STUENKEL | APRIL 18, 2019 With the opposition in disarray, Hamilton Mourão has become Bolsonaro’s top opponent. After a little over...
BY OLIVER STUENKEL | MARCH 14, 2019 Bolsonaro’s visit to the White House will help fire up his core supporters. But investors will look for concrete...
BY OLIVER STUENKEL | FEBRUARY 27, 2019 Nearing the midpoint of his presidency, Lenín Moreno is overseeing a soft landing after the excesses of his...
BY OLIVER STUENKEL | JANUARY 16, 2019 The new president’s foreign policy revolution creates unprecedented risks for Brazil – and depends on...
Demonstrators take part in a protest against Brazilian right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, called by a social media campaign...
BY OLIVER STUENKEL | NOVEMBER 19, 2018 Ernesto Araújo’s appointment is a victory for the pro-Trump faction in Bolsonaro’s government. But...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – OCTOBER 28: Jair Bolsonaro, far-right lawmaker and presidential candidate of the Social Liberal Party (PSL)...
(Photo by Nelson ALMEIDA / AFP) BY OLIVER STUENKEL | OCTOBER 1, 2018 If elected, Fernando Haddad has a chance to improve Brazil’s fortunes...
Photo: LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images BY OLIVER STUENKEL | AUGUST 29, 2018 Venezuela’s exodus requires a coordinated regional response...
Photo by MARVIN RECINOS / AFP) (Photo credit should read MARVIN RECINOS/AFP/Getty Images BY OLIVER STUENKEL | AUGUST 1, 2018 El conflicto que...
Photo by MARVIN RECINOS / AFP) (Photo credit should read MARVIN RECINOS/AFP/Getty Images During a research trip I took to Central America last...
(Photo credit should read WU HONG/AFP/Getty Images) BY OLIVER STUENKEL | JULY 5, 2018 Geopolitical divisions in the West could give Brazil and...
Brazil has experienced almost non-stop political and economic turbulence since 2013, but the past few weeks have been particularly rough. A...