Brazil

COVID-19: Trump and Bolsonaro’s Response

By Mia Bristol

April 8, 2020

Coronavirus or COVID-19 has taken over in the past months as a disease that is easily transmittable and has infected and

Como uma Gestão Pública Dotada de Estratégia Bem Coordenada e com Cooperação Social Pode Minimizar os Efeitos do COVID-19. O que seguir no Caso Brasileiro.

By Antonio Sérgio Aráujo Fernandes, Robson Zuccolotto, and Marco Antonio Carvalho Teixeira

April 6, 2020

Estamos assistindo de modo perplexo, e com certo medo, à Pandemia do vírus SARS-CoV-2, (denominado pela Organização Mundial de Saúde de COVID-19), e popularmente conhecido no Brasil como Coronavírus. Este patógeno assim como tantos outros coronavírus humanos (HCoVs) conhecidos, é causador de infecções pulmonares com grau de letalidade que variam de 3% a 4% dos casos de contágio com infecções agudas. Normalmente os casos de agudização são marcados por uma pneumonia viral, trazendo sufocamento do paciente que se não for entubado a tempo, vai a falecimento.

What is COVID-19? How can we prevent contagion? How is it spreading in Latin American? (English/Spanish versions)

By Marilu Nuñez Palomino and Henrique Potter

March 13, 2020

Coronavirus is a family of viruses that more commonly spread from animals to humans, being classified as a zoonotic disease. COVID-19 is a novel type of coronavirus, which is not only is zoonotic but also can spread from human to human. Its symptoms vary and can be similar to those of common cold and, on the other end, to severe illnesses featuring pneumonia (WHO, 2020).

Environmental and Sustainability Issues in Guyana

By Rachel Bierly

March 2, 2020

As Guyana, a small and often under discussed Latin American nation faces its own economic and political complications, it also is threatened by climate change that is undisputedly will negatively affect it

Violence against Women in Politics in Latin America

By Carley Clontz

February 6, 2020

Through decades of activism by feminist groups and national actors, Latin America has made advances in its representation of women in political positions.

Iran-Latin America Relations: The Case of Brazil

By Mia Bristol

January 23, 2020

The latest United States act of aggression towards Iran has made many fearful that we are on the brink of another arbitrary war in the Middle

The return of U.S Tariffs on Brazil and Argentina

By Marilu Nuñez Palomino

December 20, 2019

On Monday, December 2, President Donald Trump announced restore trade policies against Brazil and Argentina due to the massive devaluation of their currencies (Brazilian real and Argentine peso). Specifically, Pres.