Commentary
Oliver Stuenkel, Adrian Feinberg
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In The Media
All Eyes on Brazil's Military As Election Approaches
For the first time since Brazil transitioned to democracy in the late 1980s, a cloud of uncertainty is hovering over the upcoming presidential election in the world’s fifth-largest democracy.
Published on Jan 6, 2022
About the Author
Oliver Stuenkel
Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Oliver Stuenkel is an associate professor at the School of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo, Brazil. He is also a senior fellow affiliated with the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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