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THE MAD KING AND HIS COURT: JAIR BOLSONARO’S MINISTERIAL MEETING VIDEO IS RELEASED

It’s become somewhat of a trope in Brazilian newsrooms to draw parallels between the storylines of Netflix’s House of Cards and the never-ending drama of Brazilian politics. However, after the Supreme Court made public a video of a meeting between Jair Bolsonaro and his ministers, it would seem that Scarface is the more fitting comparison.… Continue reading →

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020

Anna Howell

THREE’S A CROWD: XI, DON & JAIR IN THE BATTLE FOR BRAZIL

Threesomes of any kind are awkward arrangements. Diplomatic ones tend to be even more so. And whether it’s a strategic alliance between Russia, China & the US or the underlying tensions between the European Union’s Big Three, there always seems to be one party who feels like they are missing out on the action. One… Continue reading →

April 15, 2020April 17, 2020

Anna Howell

TEARS OF A CLOWN: BOLSONARO & COVID-19

Brazil has a history of electing clowns. In 2010, Francisco Oliveira Silva, a television comedian and children’s entertainer, was elected as one of the federal deputies for Sao Paulo, garnering more than 1.3 million votes. His slogan? It can’t get any worse than it already is. Seven years later, Jair Bolsonaro crash-landed onto the political… Continue reading →

March 31, 2020April 16, 2020

Anna Howell

WHY MYOPIA IS DEADLIER THAN COVID-19

While it’s easy to get lost in the panic, it’s perhaps worth reflecting that the most virulent sickness plaguing mankind is not COVID-19, but the myopic way in which we respond to such events.… Continue reading →

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020

Anna Howell

5 CHANGE-MAKERS TO TAKE NOTE OF THIS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Where do we go looking for the women that society erased? The 16th century poets or contemporary Middle Eastern composers who leave this world with their music still imprisoned inside them? In Alice Walker’s moving essay, In Search Of Our Mothers Gardens, she suggests that we must look to the female leaders of today, each… Continue reading →

March 8, 2020March 20, 2020

Anna Howell

bjarke ingels meets jair bolsonaro – A B.I.G Opportunity?

How we do deal with despots when it comes to international development? And is it ever possible to separate the project from the regime?… Continue reading →

February 8, 2020April 16, 2020

Anna Howell

Joseph Goebbels Resurfaces In Brazilian Politics

Philosopher Hannah Arendt once wrote that the aim of totalitarian education is not to instil convictions, but to destroy a population’s capacity to form any. As one of the most prominent intellectuals in Nazi Germany, she had reason to fear its advance. So too, it would appear, do Brazilian creatives, following the announcement of Roberto… Continue reading →

January 22, 2020April 16, 2020

Anna Howell

Ricardo Salles Vs The Amazon

Ricardo Salles is an ambitious man. The poster boy for the powerful Brazilian beef caucus, he is on a mission to privatize the Earth’s lungs. For anyone looking to survive longer than 2050, the timing couldn’t be worse. … Continue reading →

August 22, 2019April 16, 2020

Anna Howell

National American Indian Heritage Month: Token Gestures

Today marks the final day of National American Indian Heritage Month, a national holiday invoked by the world’s most fervent philanthropist, Mr. George W. Bush. With Thanksgiving leftovers still cooling in the fridge, the US Army on Sunday issued a statement ordering the closure of the main encampment of activists at Standing Rock in North… Continue reading →

December 1, 2016July 29, 2017

Anna Howell

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