Tag: Ted Goertzel

Brazilian President-elect Jair Messias Bolsonaro

Brazil’s President-elect Is No Trump. He Was Even a Hugo Chávez Admirer

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s president-elect, is sometimes referred to as the Brazilian Trump (Economist, 2017), ...

Lula during a Workers Party meeting

Brazil’s Workers Party: Time to End Denials and Make Honest Self-criticism

The Brazilian Workers Party is not a Maoist party, but it should take one ...

Lula and Brother, Two Paths in Brazilian Politics

Two brothers were close companions throughout their lives. Only a few years apart in ...

What the US and Europe Can Learn From Brazilian Socialism

The crash of 2008 called the World Social Forum’s bluff. For years, the Forum ...

Gabeira, a Do-gooder Brazilian Politico Among Foxes Devouring Public Chickens

Brazil’s leading news magazine, Veja, praised Congressman Fernando Gabeira as “the champion of ethics ...

Brazil After Lula: Some Predictions

It is not too early to begin thinking about what will happen when Lula ...

An outdoor restaurant in the Brazilian interior

That’s How the US Likes Brazil: Docile and Underdeveloped

Brazil’s presidential election passed with very little notice here in the United States, where ...

Brazil’s PT Short Journey from Model Party to As Shady As the Other Guy

Revelations of widespread corruption in the upper reaches of the Workers Party government in ...