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Andre Pagliarini

Andre Pagliarini is an assistant professor of history and international studies at Louisiana State University, a fellow at the Washington Brazil Office, and non-resident expert at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
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July 30, 2020
Andre Pagliarini
Bolivia’s Covid-19 Election Nightmare Is a Warning
The world should be paying close attention to the country’s decision to postpone the vote.
July 15, 2020
Andre Pagliarini
Deb Haaland’s Plan to Embarrass Jair Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro has been a disaster for the environment and for Brazil’s indigenous people. But he’s proud of his U.S. connections.
June 5, 2020
Andre Pagliarini
Where America Developed a Taste for State Violence
From Indonesia to Brazil, the United States fostered a global network of brutal repression in the name of anti-communism.
April 6, 2020
Andre Pagliarini
Could the Coronavirus End Jair Bolsonaro’s Presidency?
How the pandemic is rapidly restructuring Brazilian politics
January 22, 2020
Andre Pagliarini
Brazilian Conservatives Really Hate Glenn Greenwald
The criminal complaint against the American journalist needs to be understood in the context of a broader political struggle.
August 7, 2019
Andre Pagliarini
What Indigenous Rights Have to Do With Fighting Climate Change
In Brazil, a struggle over the future of the Amazon is taking place. The struggle will have global impact.
June 25, 2019
Andre Pagliarini
Can Married Priests Help Save the Amazon?
Pope Francis's latest amendment to Catholic doctrine connects to other policies he's promoted in the past.
June 10, 2019
Andre Pagliarini
The Conspiracy to Discredit Brazil’s Left
In a paranoid age, the corroboration provided by The Intercept's latest exposé is unusual.
May 1, 2019
Andre Pagliarini
The Venezuela Coup’s Risky Dependence on Foreign Opinion
Both opposition leader Juan Guiadó and sitting president Nicolás Maduro are acting for an international audience.
April 18, 2019
Andre Pagliarini
Alan García and the Fatal Compromises of the Latin American Left
The former Peruvian president, who killed himself on Wednesday, was among a broader trend of leftist leaders drifting toward the center—and toward corruption.
March 21, 2019
Andre Pagliarini
Bolsonaro Is Betting His Presidency on Trump
The Brazilian president has hitched his wagon to the tweeter-in-chief's flickering star—and Trump has lent American legitimacy to an aspiring dictator.
January 24, 2019
Andre Pagliarini
Please Don’t Let Venezuela Be Trump’s Shutdown Distraction
Nicolás Maduro has presided over a humanitarian nightmare. But there are huge risks to dabbling in regime change.
January 1, 2019
Andre Pagliarini
Batista’s Revenge
Sixty years to the day after the Cuban Revolution transformed the right-left struggle in Latin America, far-right Jair Bolsonaro became Brazil's president.
November 13, 2018
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Why Brazilians Elected an Aspiring Dictator
Jair Bolsonaro won the presidency on a promise to bring back military rule.
October 19, 2018
Andre Pagliarini
Are Brazil’s Businesses Cheating to Help an Extremist Win the Presidency?
A Brazilian newspaper says private companies have illegally spent millions to put Jair Bolsonaro, a free-market homophobe who talks fondly of military dictatorship, into office.
October 8, 2018
Andre Pagliarini
Brazil Is on the Brink of Authoritarianism
What Jair Bolsonaro's 47 percent plurality means for women, minorities, and democracy
October 1, 2018
Andre Pagliarini
The Man Standing Between Brazil and Authoritarianism
Fernando Haddad wasn't made for mass politics. But his opponent, Jair Bolsonaro, openly praises the days of military dictatorship.

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