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"Fixing Brazil": Americas Quarterly's Special Report on How to Mend Latin America's Largest Country

The 50-page report offers bold recipes for change by taking a fresh look at the country's challenges.

Bold recipes for change from one of Brazil’s most promising politicians, a close look at the top candidates for the 2018 presidential election, and insight from Brazilians and Brasilianistas on what the country needs to turn the page.

New York, October 13, 2016—For the past year, Brazil has produced what seems to be a never-ending stream of unsettling news: a multibillion-dollar corruption scheme, its worst recession on record, and the impeachment of president Dilma Rousseff. With a new administration in place, a larger question remains: What will it take to get Latin America’s biggest country back on the right track? Americas Quarterly (AQ), the leading publication on politics, business, and culture in Latin America sets out to answer that question in “Fixing Brazil,” a 50-page special report that takes a fresh look at the country’s main challenges. 

“Progress is not impossible; but it’s not inevitable, either. Whether Brazil returns to the strong, inclusive economic growth that dazzled the world last decade will depend entirely on policy decisions to be made in coming months and years,” writes AQ Editor-in-Chief Brian Winter, who also conducted a revealing interview with Marina Silva, the environmental leader who is now a frontrunner in the race for the 2018 presidential election.

In “Fixing Brazil,” Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs adjunct professor Gray Newman argues that former president Dilma Rousseff is not the sole person responsible for Brazil’s meltdown. Facing the productivity challenge, writes Newman, is the only way for the country to reclaim its place on the global stage. Journalist Juliana Barbassa reports from Rio de Janeiro’s favelas where residents observe with dismay how transformative investment policies promised before the Olympic Games are now replaced with impending talk of budget cuts. And special correspondent Stephen Kurczy visits soy country for a close look at the booming agribusiness industry, Brazil’s best bet for a near-term recovery.

Read the complete “Fixing Brazil” special report here.

LIVE EVENT:
A Brazil Night event will mark the launch of the new AQ issue. Join us at Americas Society/Council of the Americas in New York (680 Park Ave) or via live webcast on Thursday, October 20 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ET for a panel discussing the country’s political future, plus live Brazilian music, a poetry reading, food, and drinks. Media RSVP: mediarelations@as-coa.org.

The latest AQ issue also includes:

  • AQ’s Top 5: Our ranking of Latin America’s emerging political leaders whom you’re likely to be hearing more of in the years to come.
  • The Americas Quarterly 2016 Social Inclusion Index: The fifth annual edition of our innovative tool for measuring how countries stack up in the region.
  • The second edition of our new cultural supplement, Cultura.

The complete AQ fourth edition of 2016 will be available October 20 at americasquarterly.org

For For press inquiries or to request interviews with the authors, contact:
AS/COA Media Relations: mediarelations@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8384 | 1-212-277-8333

Americas Quarterly (AQ) is the premier publication dedicated to politics, business, and culture in the Western Hemisphere, with a focus on Latin America. Launched in 2007 and based in New York City, AQ’s award-winning magazine and website appeal to a broad audience interested in the region. Readers include top policymakers in Washington, Brasilia, Mexico City, and beyond; executives at Latin American multinationals and Fortune 500 companies; opinion leaders in universities and the media; and a vast array of general readers who are passionate about Latin America. Editorial board members include former Presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Ricardo Lagos, Ernesto Zedillo, and Alejandro Toledo, as well as leading voices from business, journalism, finance, and academia. Americas Quarterly is an independent publication of Americas Society and Council of the Americas, which for more than 50 years have been dedicated to dialogue in our hemisphere.

Americas Society (AS) is the premier organization dedicated to education, debate, and dialogue in the Americas. Established by David Rockefeller in 1965, our mission is to foster an understanding of the contemporary political, social, and economic issues confronting Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada, and to increase public awareness and appreciation of the diverse cultural heritage of the Americas and the importance of the inter-American relationship. Council of the Americas (COA) is the premier international business organization whose members share a common commitment to economic and social development, open markets, the rule of law, and democracy throughout the Western Hemisphere.

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