Brazil: The crash of the chicken
With its economy and politicians in trouble, is there any light at the end of the tunnel?
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Associate professor, Norman Patterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
Jean Daudelin is an associate professor at Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, where he teaches on development and conflict. A specialist in Latin America, he has published on inter-American politics, Brazilian foreign policy and Canada's relations with the region. He currently works on homicide dynamics, drug markets and security policy in Brazil and the Americas.
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