Book Review: Euphoria and Failure of Greater Brazil
Book Review: Euphoria and Failure of Greater Brazil
Journalist Fabio Zanini digs into one of Brazil’s most corrosive and enduring myths: that its size entitles it to power and influence abroad.
This article is adapted from AQ's print issue on peace and economic opportunity in Colombia
Once upon a time, back in the long-ago mists of, say, 2012, Brazil was still seen as a benign force in the world. Other countries, from Namibia to Peru to Mozambique, were seduced by its lively democracy and admirable record of poverty reduction, and welcomed its new embassies and cash-rich construction companies as a kinder development alternative to Beijing or Washington. What could go wrong?
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