No End in Sight

By Phil Chicola

Phil Chicola is a professor at Florida State University and former Chargé d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Brasília, Brazil from 2005 to 2006.

The Cipher Brief discussed the political dynamics of Brazil with Phil Chicola, a former Chargé d’Affaires to Brazil from 2005 to 2006. Chicola discussed the country’s political and economic crises and offered his thoughts on what western companies can do to manage uncertainty in the near-term. 

The Cipher Brief: President Dilma Rousseff is being threatened with impeachment.  How has Brazil gotten to this point?  What are the underlying causes of this political crisis? 

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