On the eve of the 40th Anniversary of Brazil’s presence in Antarctica: What now?

Ignacio Javier Cardone – Assistant Professor in International Relations of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and researcher at the International Relations Research Centre of the University of São Paulo. Brazil has been usually linked with images of the tropical, both internationally and domestically. However, the country has been actively involved with the southern polar …

The democratising impact of corruption perception: an example from Brazil*

Andreia Reis do CarmoPhD Candidate at King’s College London and collaborative researcher at the University of Brasília, Brazil. The literature regarding corruption generally points to its detrimental effect on democracy. The higher the perception of existing corruption, the more citizens distance themselves from politics. Brazil hosted an event in 1999, that showed quite the opposite. …