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Oct 28, 2014

Brazil’s Presidential Election: Interpreting the Results

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council on October 28, 2014 hosted a discussion on Brazil’s presidential election.  Watch the event here. 

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New Atlanticist

Oct 28, 2014

Can Dilma Rousseff Rebuild Broader Political Alliances for Her Second Term?

By New Atlanticist

That Is the Path She Should Take, for Herself and for Brazil, Atlantic Council’s Sennes Says Having barely won re-election in Brazil’s tightest presidential election in a quarter-century, Dilma Rousseff faces several key tasks if she is to govern effectively in her new four-year term, writes the Atlantic Council’s nonresident senior fellow in Brazil, Ricardo […]

Brazil Latin America

In the News

Oct 27, 2014

Sennes on the “Uphill Battle” Facing President Rousseff

By Ricardo Sennes

The Wall Street Journal quotes Adrienne Arsht Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Ricardo Sennes on the challenges facing newly reelected Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff:

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Article

Oct 27, 2014

Brazil’s Presidential Runoff

By Ricardo Sennes

What Does Dilma Rousseff’s Victory Mean for Brazil’s Future? Brazil’s 2014 presidential election was the tightest race since the 1989 contest between Fernando Collor de Mello and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. President Dilma Rousseff of the Workers’ Party (PT) and Governor Aécio Neves of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) had polled neck-and-neck throughout the […]

Latin America

New Atlanticist

Oct 25, 2014

Brazilians Vote Sunday on a President—and an Economic Path

By New Atlanticist

As Brazilians vote Sunday in a presidential runoff election, the Atlantic Council’s Peter Schecter and Jason Marczak discuss the significance and ramifications of this vote.  Schechter is the director, and Marczak the deputy director, of the Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center.

Brazil Elections

In the News

Oct 24, 2014

Alhonte on Elections in Brazil

By Natalie Alhonte

Adrienne Arsht Center Associate Director Natalie Alhonte joins CCTV to discuss Brazil’s presidential elections:

Brazil

In the News

Oct 22, 2014

Schechter on Brazilian Presidential Elections

By Peter Schechter

Bloomberg quotes Adrienne Arsht Center Director Peter Schechter on what a win by Brazilian presidential candidate Aecio Neves would mean for the country: 

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Canadian CF-18, August 20, 2012

NATOSource

Oct 22, 2014

NATO Jets Intercept Russian Fighters Twice in Two Days Over Baltic

By Matti Huuhtanen, AP

NATO scrambled fighter jets – including two Canadian F-18s – twice in two days to intercept Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea, it said Tuesday amid reports that Russian military activity in the region is increasing.

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Official handover ceremony at Kandahar Airfield

NATOSource

Oct 21, 2014

NATO hands-over Kandahar airfield

By Royal Air Force

After eight years of running Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, NATO has formally handed over control to the United States at an end of mission ceremony.

Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko before Congress, Sept. 18, 2014

NATOSource

Oct 20, 2014

Give Ukraine the Weapons It Needs for Self-Defense

By Carl Levin and James Inhofe, Washington Post

We believe now is the time to add defensive military aid, including weapons, to our support of Ukraine.

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