It has been several months since I have written on this blog, mainly because I have been in the middle of a transition in my professional l...

2012 turned out to be quite an eventful year in Brazil. Dilma Rousseff settled into her role as president and became more assertive in push...

In an earlier text , I gave a broad outline of Brazil’s political history and current electoral landscape in the run-up to this year’s muni...

For decades, Brazil has earned itself an international reputation as a land of impunity, where corrupt politicians, crime bosses, and forme...

Over the last several decades, the illegal drug trade has wrought havoc on Latin America. Cocaine produced in the Andean valleys of Colombi...