Alex Cuadros
@alexcuadros
@ProPublica climate reporter, author of BRAZILLIONAIRES and WHEN WE SOLD GOD'S EYE. I've also written for @BW, @NYTmag, @Harpers, etc.
My new book is out today! Hard to believe it all started seven years ago, when I visited a village on the banks of the Roosevelt River, in the southern reaches of the Amazon, home to an infamous Indigenous group known as the Cinta Larga...
Out now: the first episodes of our new six-part @guardian podcast series about Dom and Bruno. Please do listen and share. theguardian.com/technology/aud…
I really enjoyed this conversation!
🚨🚨NEW @RadioWarNerd — We've often talked about the dire choices a people face when aliens land in their world. As in, there are no good choices. This ep we talk to Alex Cuadros about his fascinating book on the Cinta Larga tribe's contact with Brazilians in the 1960s. link⬇️
Big recommend for Alex Caudros' book, When We Sold God's Eye: Diamonds, Murder and A Clash of Worlds in the Amazon. The material alone is stunning, but Alex is a real writing talent, so it reads like a novel that happens to be entirely non-fiction.
For anyone familiar with Brazil's recent economic history, Trump's Liberation Day is awfully reminiscent of Collor's "confisco" in 1990 -- when people's savings accounts were frozen to fight hyperinflation (this failed spectacularly, and traumatized the entire country)
Thrilled to be in such excellent company as a finalist for the California Book Award!
NONFICTION 1/2 When We Sold God’s Eye by @alexcuadros @HachetteUS Twelve Trees by Daniel Lewis @simonschuster On The Move by @AbrahmL @fsgbooks
TODAY @ 5pm in DC Join us on Rooftop for "Books & Cocktails" Series: Author @alexcuadros & Bruna Santos of the @TheWilsonCenter @BrazilInst will join @ZachVertin to discuss new book: “When We Sold God’s Eye” & Brazil past & present. Great Weather!☀️RSVP: bit.ly/3DrXYWo
I reviewed @alexcuadros's anti-Rousseauean portrait of how one indigenous group entered the illegal diamond trade (for better or worse).
‘When We Sold God’s Eye’ by Alex Cuadros is an unsentimental, vital report of how ‘civilised’ society disrupts Indigenous life artreview.com/when-we-sold-g…
BOOKS & COCKTAILS: April 1, 5pm: Join us on rooftop at @PrincetonSPIA DC Center w/ Brazil reporter @alexcuadros & Bruna Santos of the @TheWilsonCenter @BrazilInst. They will join @ZachVertin to discuss “When We Sold God’s Eye” & Brazil past & present. bit.ly/3DrXYWo
I had an excellent chat with @alexcuadros about his great book "When We Sold God’s Eye: Diamonds, Murder, and a Clash of Worlds in the Amazon" for Mongabay. Link to the full Q&A in the following tweet
I love that The Guardian found a Brazilian-Brit to narrate this excerpt of my book theguardian.com/news/audio/202…
If you want to make your author friend’s day, always send them a photo when you spot their book in a bookstore. All the better if it’s somewhere unexpected. Truly never gets old
