Brian Winter

Brian Winter is contributing editor for Americas Quarterly and host of its podcast. The author of several books about Latin American politics and culture, he has been described as “one of the best chroniclers and analysts” of the region by Foreign Affairs. Brian spent a decade living in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico as a journalist before joining the Americas Society and Council of the Americas, where he is the executive vice president. Brian’s books include Why Soccer Matters, a New York Times bestseller he wrote with the Brazilian soccer legend Pelé; The Accidental President of Brazil, co-written with President Fernando Henrique Cardoso; and The Ugliest City You’ll Ever Love, an upcoming book about São Paulo. A graduate of the University of Texas, he speaks Portuguese and Spanish and is a prolific barbecuer and cook. Follow him on social media @BrazilBrian
- Um cenário (relativamente) otimista para a América Latina
- Un alegato (relativamente) optimista a favor de América Latina
- A (Relatively) Bullish Case for Latin America
- O Brasil parece estar quase de volta ao normal
- Brasil vuelve a sentirse casi normal
- Brazil Feels Almost Normal Again
- Fifty Years On, the “Chicago Boys” Remain Difficult to Discuss
- Is Lula Anti-American?
- A Spotlight on Chile’s “Feminist Foreign Policy”
- A Tough Year for Anti-Corruption
- In Chile and Elsewhere, Crime Is the New Corruption
- What Lula Sees
- Entrevista: Chanceler Mauro Vieira define a “doutrina Lula” para as relações exteriores
- Q&A: Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira on the “Lula Doctrine”
- What Uruguay Can Teach Us
- O que o Uruguai pode nos ensinar
- Lo que Uruguay puede enseñarnos
- This Photo Inspired Envy Throughout Latin America. What Made It Possible?
- The Real Risks Facing Brazil After January 8
- Pelé Was a Genius at More Than Soccer