Podcasts about brazil initiative

On this episode of Trending Globally, Sarah Baldwin talks with James Green, a professor of Latin American History and Director of the Brazil Initiative at The Watson Institute [https://watson.brown.edu/brazil/]. His newest book, 'Exile within Exiles' [https://www.dukeupress.edu/exile-within-exiles], tells the story of Herbert Daniel, a gay Brazilian revolutionary and activist, who fought for wide-ranging social and political rights in Brazil from the 1960s until his death in 1992. **You can subscribe to James Green’s new Watson podcast ‘Brazil Unfiltered’ on any of your favorite podcast apps. You can find more information about the show https://soundcloud.com/brazilunfiltered ** Download episode transcript

In part three of this three part series, Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Jim Green, Professor of History and Director of the Brazil Initiative at Watson [watson.brown.edu/brazil], explore the implications of the 2018 Brazilian Presidential Election Comments by Jim Green in The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/…idential-latest Download episode transcript

In part two of this three part series, Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Jim Green, Professor of History and Director of the Brazil Initiative at Watson [watson.brown.edu/brazil], explore the implications of the upcoming 2018 Brazilian Presidential Election Comments by Jim Green in The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/…idential-latest Download episode transcript

In part one of this three part series, Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Jim Green, Professor of History and Director of the Brazil Initiative at Watson [https://watson.brown.edu/brazil], explore the implications of the upcoming 2018 Brazilian Presidential Election Comments by Jim Green in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/04/brazil-election-explained-key-issues-candidates-bolsonaro-haddad-presidential-latest Download episode transcript

Last week former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva began serving a 12 year sentence for corruption and bribery. Prior to his surrender , thousands of Lula’s supporters gathered in São Paulo, insisting the charges are meant to prevent him from running, and likely winning, Brazil’s upcoming presidential election. The scandal has deeply divided the country, but professor Mark Langevin says corruption in Brazil runs deeper than Lula and his left-leaning Worker’s Party. “We have to recognize that it's not just Lula,” Langevin said. “Most of the major political parties, major political figures, including Lula, have had investigations and prosecutions regarding what some of us would define as the Petrobras procurement kickback scheme.” Langevin heads the Brazil Initiative at George Washington University. He explained that the kickback scheme, often referred to as “Lava Jato” or “Car Wash,” is the result of systemic corruption extending into Brazil’s citizenry. “In order to run a

Lindsay Turchan and Andy Blackadar of the Choices Program talk to Jim Green, professor of Modern Latin American History and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University. He is also the director of the Brazil Initiative at Brown. In this episode, Jim offers his insights and perspective on the role of personal stories in creating historical narratives. Opening and closing theme music - "New Kids" by Novi Split (CC BY-NC)