@tomTL1984

Interests: Development Economics, Social Democracy, Literature. Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo, Sao Paulo. Follow =\= endorsement

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Not only was his “9 fingers” insult a major political blunder, as hundreds of thousands of working Brazilians have suffered workplace accidents of some kind, being disrespectful towards the elderly is a major turn-off in Ibero-American culture and Flavio’s so much younger.
Charles Nisz
@charlesniszOct 26
DATAFOLHA: 3% mudou voto depois do debate. 4 MILHÕES DE PESSOAS
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The Vargas x Lula comparisons are unwarranted. Lula is a giant of contemporary politics but Varguismo (and its dark twin, the military dictatorship) founded modern Brazil. The New Republic as a project is, at the end of the day, an escape *from* Vargas.
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Philly evenings
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Gabriel Brasil@GabrielCBrasilOct 26
Imagina o swing voter lá em Ohio pensando “puts as ações da Magalu desabaram, não vou votar mais nos Democratas agora”
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Google the name Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Carolina Vitoria
@Chefcarolinavi1Oct 26
Alguém pode me responder em qual democracia existiu um presidente com 4 mandatos?
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Glorious day in Manhattan. Getting ready to mail in my vote for the midterms. All is well in the world.
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Goes so hard it takes one’s breath away
yoshimi battles dracula@nise_yoshimiOct 26
The opening paragraph to AJP Taylor's "The Course of German History" remains my absolute favourite start to a history book. Nobody's ever hit this hard right off the bat before
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Maybe it will all work out?
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Had Frota forced his way into succeeding Geisel in 1977, Brazil's regime could easily have lasted into the 1990s. Only two 20th-century dictatorships gave up power while still able to keep it: military Brazil and apartheid South Africa.
Diogo Cadarn@DiogoCadarnOct 25
Talvez um dia, quando o tempo tiver sossegado as paixões, a historiografia brasileira reconheça a magnamidade dos militares aqui. Diante de uma reação popular às suas políticas que não podia ser debelada com uso moderado de forças como foi a guerrilha eles... entregaram o poder.
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Had many a convo with @BenjaminFogel about this.
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A final observation before I dash to Queens College to vote: Brazil will not return to normality until it confronts a growing cancer. Rio must be restored. Otherwise it will become a black hole, pulling the whole country into itself. In many ways, it already has.
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I'm a social democrat by conviction, but I believe it's essential to understand the Right on its own terms: what it wants, what its project is, and what kind of society it sees as ideal. /3
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I see the current iteration of the Far Right as a break from that pattern. Is there any desideratum here beyond revenge, plunder? It claims to seek alignment w/ DC, yet it fundamentally misunderstands America, both as a country and as a hegemon. /5
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Whatever happens today, it is clear that the political arrangement of 1994–2010 is dead and buried. We may yet come to mourn its passing. /END
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Brazil's successful conservative projects were all led by men of real talent. The Marquis of Paraná was a master statesman. The state he served just happened to be a deeply evil polity, a slaveholding empire. /1
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The "Sorbonne," the moderate wing of Brazil's military dictatorship, was led by some of the finest minds the Brazilian Army ever produced, and several of its civilian allies were just as capable, such as Foreign Minister Vasco Leitão da Cunha. /2
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Japan's ~200k Brazilians are a distinct community: many are of Japanese descent, work in factories, and a notable share have turned evangelical over the past 20 years. Brazilians in China, Singapore and Korea are mostly expats, adventurers and researchers. Very different demos.
electomanía
@electo_maniaOct 25
#Brasil 🇧🇷 - resultados de la 2ª vuelta en Asia 🗳️ 🇯🇵 Japón 🔵 Flávio: 80,1% 🔴 Lula: 19,9% 🇨🇳 China 🔴 Lula: 73,7% 🔵 Flávio: 26,3% 🇰🇷 Corea del Sur 🔴 Lula: 64,4% 🔵 Flávio: 35,7% 🇸🇬 Singapur 🔴 Lula: 63,8% 🔵 Flávio: 36,2% #Eleiçoes2026 👇 electomania.es/brasil-decide…

Brasil elige entre Lula y Flávio

Encuestas, mapas y claves de la segunda vuelta más igualada de Brasil entre Lula y Flávio Bolsonaro

electomania.es
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Japan's ~200k Brazilians are a distinct community: many are of Japanese descent, work in factories, and a notable share have turned evangelical over the past 20 years. Brazilians in China, Singapore and Korea are mostly expats, adventurers and researchers. Very different demos.
electomanía
@electo_maniaOct 25
#Brasil 🇧🇷 - resultados de la 2ª vuelta en Asia 🗳️ 🇯🇵 Japón 🔵 Flávio: 80,1% 🔴 Lula: 19,9% 🇨🇳 China 🔴 Lula: 73,7% 🔵 Flávio: 26,3% 🇰🇷 Corea del Sur 🔴 Lula: 64,4% 🔵 Flávio: 35,7% 🇸🇬 Singapur 🔴 Lula: 63,8% 🔵 Flávio: 36,2% #Eleiçoes2026 👇 electomania.es/brasil-decide…

Brasil elige entre Lula y Flávio

Encuestas, mapas y claves de la segunda vuelta más igualada de Brasil entre Lula y Flávio Bolsonaro

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Any thinking person on the Latin American right needs to understand how powerful Lula is, as both a political figure and a symbol. He is what the social-democratic left spent a century chasing: the organic worker-politician.
Orlando Lima 🇦🇲🇹🇼@opslimaOct 25
O tempo é implacável. O maior líder da esquerda latino americana neste século, terminará sua jornada sendo superado por um ladrãozinho pouco talentoso. Crepúsculo total. Vejam este vídeo e comparem com o debate de ontem. 21 anos separam a força da morte em vida.
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