Brazil, a country in the world’s top 10 in population and GDP, is in the midst of three destructivecrises: the country is second only to the US in infections and deaths from COVID-19, many observers see President Jair Bolsonaro as putting democracy at risk, and Brazil’s economy has been badly damaged by the pandemic, with consequences for the whole region. To analyze these crises, the Colorado Foothills World Affairs Council will sponsor a conversation between two prominent authorities on Brazil via Zoom.
Dr. Robert Muggah co-founded the Igarapé Institute, an internationally recognized independent and non-partisan think tank devoted to bringing attention to the challenges of violence and insecurity across Brazil and Latin America. Igarapé works with other Brazilian and international organizations such as the United Nations and the Inter-American Development Bank to encourage changes I government policy. Muggah has a PhD from Oxford University and has presented numerous “Ted T alks”.
Andrés Schipani is the Brazil correspondent for the Financial Times of London. He has graduate degrees both from Oxford University and the Columbia University School of Journalism and has long been a keen observer of Brazilian politics, economics and culture, including time as BBC correspondent for South America.