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

• A Note to Our Readers
• Brazil’s Authoritarian Side Makes a Comeback
• Six Reasons Colombia Said “No” to FARC Peace Deal
• Brazil’s ‘Car Wash’ Probe: Tell Me How This Ends
• Why Brazil’s Olympic Gold Could Boost Its New President
• Hey World, Let’s Cut Brazil Just a Little Slack
• Why Lying Is Often Easier in Argentina
• How Brexit and Trump Could Turn Latin America Upside-Down
• How to Get Brazil (And Latin America) Completely Wrong
• Michel Temer and the ‘Nobody Survives’ Scenario in Brasília
• A Final Defense of Dilma Rousseff
• O momento ‘Que se vayan todos’ do Brasil
• Impeachment and Brazil’s ‘Que Se Vayan Todos’ Moment
• The Endgame of Brazil’s Crisis: Four Things to Watch
• Moody’s: Lula Appointment Could Spell End of Fiscal Adjustment in Brazil
• The Key to Rousseff’s Future – And Maybe Brazil’s, Too
• Don’t Let Brazil Become Venezuela
• Brazil’s Historic Corruption Probe May Be at Risk
• Uribe: Colombia Peace Deal Is “a Capitulation” to FARC
• A Scenario Under Which Rousseff Gets Impeached in Brazil