Five Reasons Why The World Needs Brazil to Pull Through Its Political Crisis
Five Reasons Why The World Needs Brazil to Pull Through Its Political Crisis
Brazilian stability is critical for democratic governance in Latin America. “It’s a vibrant democracy…[with] a population that generally shares the values of most Americans,” adds AS/COA’s Brian Winter.
If you caught a glimpse of last weekend’s impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, you may have noticed that Brazil is going bonkers right now. There was spitting, shoving and confetti-shooting on the floor of parliament, which at times looked more like a Roman coliseum than a legislative chamber….
… he country has a free press and independent institutions, and its judiciary is engaged in a major crackdown on corruption that has played a big role in unsettling Brazil’s old political order.
“It’s a vibrant democracy with an independent, feisty media, no relevant ethnic or religious strife and a population that generally shares the values of most Americans,” said Brian Winter, a Brazil expert and the vice president of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas in New York. “We should want all the world to look like Brazil, at least in those respects,” he said….
