Month: May 2018

Brazilian Democracy in Peril GIANPAOLO BAIOCCHI, MARCELO K. SILVA On March 14, Brazil was shaken by the killing of Marielle Franco in Rio de Janeiro, where Franco served as a leftist city councilor representing the favela community of Maré. Franco had recently been named to head a commission investigating military abuses during President Michel Temer’s … Continue reading Brazilian Democracy in Peril