


India’s sobering drop in human freedom
India has shown a near-constant decline between 2013 and 2019, in various parameters of personal, civil, and economic freedom measured in the Human Freedom Index, and since 2008 it’s had “the biggest drop.” The Index, co-published by the Cato Institute in the United...
What I heard about America, and what I told about Brazil
Much of the greatness in the World Press Institute’s fellowship came from a valuable exchange: knowing the United States more deeply while giving Americans insights about my country. For Brazil now, the main issue is its presidential election, after 15 years of...
Brazil’s strongest political parties may face their hardest decision ever in 2018
Picture that: in a country hurt by polarization and ruled for decades by a party on the left and another on the right, an authoritarian figure gathers support among a disillusioned population. This may sound familiar for Americans, ruled by Democrats and Republicans...