Brazil Unfiltered

Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida, P.H.D. in Political Science, is senior researcher at Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (CEBRAP), retired Professor of Political Science and former dean of the Institute of International Relations at the University of São Paulo (2009-2013). Her books include Foreign Policy Responses to the Rise of Brazil – Balancing Power in Emerging States, written with Gian Luca Gardini, and Os Anos de Ouro - Ensaios sobre a democracia no Brasil (The Gilded Years – Essays on Democracy in Brazil). She is former president of the Latin American Studies Association- LASA (2010-2012) and a member of the World Bank Chief Economist´s Council of Eminent Persons (2016-2018), as well as holding the National Order of Scientific Merit (2006). Presently, she is a member of the D. Paulo Evaristo Arns Commission for Protection of Human Rights – Arns Commission and of the Latin American Program Advisory Board at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Brazil is going through challenging times. There’s never b