Tag: Augusto Zimmermann
From Day One Military Have Been Watchdogs and Overlords of Brazil’s Republic
As this year of 2006 marks 21 years since the end of Brazil’s 21-year ...
Brazil Lula’s Good Heart: 40,000 Public Jobs, Dole to 9 Million Families
Clientelism, a patron-client relationship that rests on personal loyalties and quid pro quo between ...
With 7 Million Kids on the Streets Brazil Finds Final Solution
Brazilians are bound by law to ensure certain basic rights for their children. Article ...
In Lawless Brazil Mob Execution Has Become Part of Daily Life
While today’s democratic period in Brazil was initially hailed in the late 1980s as ...
In Brazil Work Is a Dirty Word Unless You Hold Public Office
If we define statism as an ideology which provides a preferential role for the ...
In Brazil, The Law Is Never For You When You Have Friends
Anyone wishing to understand how Brazil really works will need to also consider the ...
Who Will Save Democracy in Brazil? The Left Has Shown It Won’t.
Many people in developed countries still believe that politics in Brazil might be resumed ...
A Ninth Constitution Won’t Bring Brazil the Rule of Law
Brazil has had eight constitutions since the country separated from Portugal in 1822. Most ...
Brazil: President Vargas’s Most Enduring Legacy Is His Xenophobic Nationalism
The ideology of nationalism has been Brazil’s most pervasive ideology since the first presidency ...
The Brazilian Landless Movement Won’t Rest Until They Get Their Revolution
One of the most radical social movements in Brazil is the Landless Movement (Movimento ...
