Brian Winter on Brazil, Argentina, and the Future of Latin America
Conversations with Tyler
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🗓️ 10 July 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
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It’s not just the churrasco that made him fall in love with Brazil. Brian Winter has been studying and writing about Latin America for over 20 years. He’s been tracking the struggles and triumphs of the region as it’s dealt with decades of coups, violence, and shifting economics. His work offers a nuanced perspective on Latin America's persistent challenges and remarkable resilience.
Together Brian and Tyler discuss the politics and economics of nearly every country from the equator down. They cover the future of migration into Brazil, what it’s doing right in agriculture, the cultural shift in race politics, crime in Rio and São Paulo, the effectiveness and future consequences of Bukele’s police state in El Salvador, the economic growth of Columbia despite continued violence, the prevalence of startups and psychoanalysis in Argentina, Uruguay’s reduction in poverty levels, the beautiful ugliness of Sao Paulo, where Brian will explore next, and more.
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Recorded April 15th, 2024.
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| 1:10.0 | Hello everyone and welcome back to Conversations with Tyler. |
| 1:17.0 | Today I'm chatting with Brian Winter. |
| 1:19.0 | Let me just give you the introduction from Brian himself. |
| 1:22.0 | He's the editor-in-chief of America's |
| 1:25.0 | quarterly and a long-standing analyst of Latin American politics with more than 20 |
| 1:29.9 | years following the region. He's lived in Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico. He was a |
| 1:34.9 | correspondent for Reuters. He also has been Vice President of Policy for the |
| 1:39.4 | America Society and Council of the Americas. He's been called the best foreign expert on |
| 1:45.2 | Brazil of this moment. He's the author of several books including Why Soccer Matters, |
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