AS/COA’s Brian Winter spoke with NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro about the significance of Brazil’s ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s conviction and the breadth of the country's corruption probe. 

His downfall – and enduring popularity – reveal the pervasiveness of corruption and Brazilian’s lack of political options.

The corruption ruling against Brazil’s former president contained an unexpected kernel of hope for his supporters.

The São Paulo Mayor's approach to fighting addiction ignores history's lessons.

AQ’s columnist visited the Brazil-Venezuela border region, and found both strains and a desire to help.

Brazilian President Michel Temer scored a political victory amid a crisis of confidence as a key land reform bill passes Congress. 

"Brazil, for all its problems, has become the envy of many other countries around Latin America" said AS/COA's Brian Winter on NPR's 1A.