Goodbye to the Status Quo: Why Change Is Coming to South America
Goodbye to the Status Quo: Why Change Is Coming to South America
By
Brian Winter
After a decade of extraordinary stability, it’s time for a new wave of reform, AQ’s editor-in-chief writes.
This article is adapted from the Fall 2015 print edition of Americas Quarterly. To subscribe, please click here.
I first met Dilma Rousseff in the hallway of a dingy hotel in Juiz de Fora in August 2010. She was in the homestretch of the presidential race and she, like Brazil, could seemingly do no wrong. The economy would grow 7.6 percent that year, and some American investors had begun referring to Brazil as “The Near China.” Rousseff, who spent her career as a competent...
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