Flávia Leite, a 2025–26 CLACS Graduate Affiliate, writes about her research on Brazil's public housing program Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV, My Home My Life). How do people in a program providing nearly free housing end up facing more debt and evictions?
By Carolina Botelho Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro (with mask off), at a press conference on Covid-19 with his health minister (third from left), Luiz Henrique Mandetta, March 22, 2020. (Photo by Isac Nóbrega / PR.) The president’s backtracking was only possible because a considerable part of the Brazilian elite felt threatened. Read this article in... Continue Reading →
Por Carolina Botelho Presidente Bolsonaro e seu ministro da Saúde (à sua direita). (Foto de Isac Nóbrega/PR.) A marcha à ré do presidente só foi possível porque uma parte considerável da elite brasileira se sentiu ameaçada A última segunda-feira (6) foi um dia especialmente tenso para o país. Não pelos motivos ordinários que já estamos... Continue Reading →
Por Carolina Botelho Read this entry in English here. Manifestação todos com Bolsonaro. (Foto por Gabriela Felin). A vitória de Jair Bolsonaro na disputa à presidência da República no Brasil surpreendeu muitos analistas em todo o mundo. Ainda candidato, o ex-capitão do exército fez uma campanha com elogios à ditadura militar brasileira e à tortura,... Continue Reading →
By Carolina Botelho A pro-Bolsonaro demonstration. (Photo by Gabriela Felin). Jair Bolsonaro’s victory in the race for the presidency of the Republic of Brazil surprised many analysts around the world. While still a candidate, the former army captain ran a campaign praising the Brazilian military dictatorship and the use of torture, criticizing social movements and... Continue Reading →
By Elize Massard A doctor prepares her notes in Pernambuco, Brazil. (Photo by Pan American Health Organization). Approximately 700,000 people worldwide, die every year from complications of hepatitis C (HCV virus). In 2017, the World Health Organization proposed a plan to eliminate HCV as a public health emergency by 2030. This is possible thanks to new direct-acting antiviral... Continue Reading →
Where the Air Is Not so Clear By Jimmy Mahady Mexico City traffic by night. (Photo by Sapdiel Gómez Gutiérrez.) The people of Mexico City are used to watching the mountains surrounding the city fade into the smoggy afternoons. The snow-capped volcanoes give way to a grey haze that envelops their days. The high-altitude air... Continue Reading →
By Laura Belik The author inside of former train station at Campo do Patú, in Senador Pompeu, CE. (Photo courtesy of Laura Belik.) The concentration camps in Northeast Brazil hold what one might call hidden histories. Built between 1915 and 1932, the camps were perceived as a form of aid towards groups who were migrating... Continue Reading →
By Maria-Fátima Santos Corra program operators and participants in Salvador, Bahia. (Photo courtesy of SJDHDS/GovBA Photo Collection.) A Pioneering Harm Reduction Program in Bahia State Entirely coordinated by Black women since its inception in 2013, Corra Pro Abraço (Corra) is one of the first state-funded harm reduction programs in Brazil. Literally translating as “Run to the... Continue Reading →
Dilma Rousseff (President of Brazil, 2011-16) gave a talk at UC Berkeley on April 16, 2018 titled "Challenges for Democracy in Brazil". The event was organized by the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and cosponsored by the Department of Sociology and the Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science. In this series, various... Continue Reading →
