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
- 10 People Who Will (One Day) Rebuild Venezuela: The Politician
- Latin America’s Angry Outsiders
- System Failure: Behind the Rise of Jair Bolsonaro
- Os outsiders da America Latina
- Los ‘outsiders’ enfadados de América Latina
- Falha no sistema: Por trás da ascensão de Jair Bolsonaro
- Fallas del sistema: qué hay detrás del ascenso de Jair Bolsonaro
- Book Review: Euphoria and Failure of Greater Brazil
- Great Expectations: What’s It Like to Be 18 in Latin America?
- AQ Top 5 Periodistas Latinoamericanos: Carmen Aristegui
- AQ Top 5 Latin American Journalists: Carmen Aristegui
- We’ve Been Here Before: An Interview with Fernando Henrique Cardoso
- ¿Donde están los líderes estudiantiles chilenos hoy?
- Where Are Chile’s Student Protesters Now?
- ¿Dónde está el Macron latinoamericano?
- Where Is the Latin American Macron?
- Indivisible: The Truth About the U.S. and Mexico
- AQ Top 5 Border Ambassadors: Beto O’Rourke
- AQ Top 5 Embajadores de la Frontera: Beto O’Rourke
- María Eugenia Vidal y la otra Buenos Aires