AQ’s Spring Playlist
Our musical recommendations for a spring spent indoors, from foot-tapping Brazilian soul to a Guatemalan composer’s experiments with classical sound.
Brazil’s Challenge: Flattening Not One Curve, But Three
As it fights the virus, Brazil needs to keep borrowing costs low and control its debt trajectory.
AQ Podcast: The Hard Choices Facing Brazil’s Government
Brazilian economist Monica de Bolle on where Bolsonaro’s coronavirus response gets it wrong – and how the government can protect both people and jobs
Latin America’s Social Distance Disconnect
While wealthy residents shelter in place, many of those living on the edge of the region’s biggest cities face impossible choices.
Bolsonaro Faces His Biggest Crisis – And Is Struggling
Huge pot-banging protests show how vulnerable Brazil’s president is amid the coronavirus outbreak. Coming days will be critical.
Why Latin America’s Hospitals Are So Vulnerable to Coronavirus
The region spends less on healthcare than the Middle East, and other ailments like cancer have already been on the rise.
Self-made, Successful and Black: Lessons from a Brazilian Executive
As a black businessman, Nelson Narciso Filho is an exception in Brazil’s corporate world. He’s trying to change that.
Brazil’s Risky Bet on Tech to Fight Crime
From drones to facial recognition, police across the region are adopting digital tools. But some worry about abuse.
Bolsonaro’s Amazon Plan Has Actual Reasons for Hope
The announcement of a new council to oversee Amazon policy might suggest a changing stance toward deforestation.
A New Way Forward for Brazil’s Economy
Brazil’s current Congress has an opportunity to set the country back on track. But reform will not come easy.
Bolsonaro’s Cultural Revolution
Artists say ideology, not economics, is driving Bolsonaro’s overhaul of the creative sector.
Brazilian 5G: The Next Battleground in the U.S.-China Standoff
The world’s fifth-most populous country is one of the main prizes in a global encounter between Beijing and Washington.
A Reason for Hope in Brazil’s Justice System
An effort to expose state-sanctioned torture offers tools for stemming further impunity.
The Emperor and the Abolitionist: A Brazilian Royal Visits the U.S.
The possibility of an encounter between Brazil’s Dom Pedro II and Frederick Douglass in 1876 raises questions about what might have been.
