Andre Pagliarini
@apagliar
Historian writing about nationalism, mass politics & US-Latin American relations 🇧🇷🇺🇸 / @LSU / @BrownHist / @QuincyInst / @Brazil_Office / @Fulbrightprgrm
Interested in Lula and how we got to this point in Brazil-US relations? Do I have the book for you…
That’s not where I thought this sentence was going
From @WSJopinion: If Americans put a fair price on their time—on their short- and long-term health, and their kids’ well-being—more households would outsource more DIY projects, writes Roland Fryer on.wsj.com/3TNrF8M
Surely not what Bolsonaro family was hoping for: according to analysis of social media — an arena usually dominated by far right — 59% support tightened legal strictures on ex president, who now must wear ankle bracelet and not communicate with other defendants (including sons)
Quaest: nas redes, 59% defendem operação contra Bolsonaro; 41% criticam cnnbr.app/short/c2637971…
Oh good
Gov. Jeff Landry says Louisiana will join 6 states creating a new anti-DEI college accreditor theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…
This is wrong and *unbelievably* counterproductive for the bilateral relationship
Justice Moraes is the beating heart of the persecution and censorship complex against Jair Bolsonaro, which has in turn curtailed freedom of speech in America. Thanks to the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Rubio, we are taking notice and we are taking action.
Earnestly, it's really depressing to see it all crumble. Everything everywhere.
.@CalState says it’s short $2.3 billion, a staggering budget gap that’s grown sharply since the system first revealed two years ago that it didn’t have the money to properly educate its students. cal.news/3IL0bOM 📝: @mzinshteyn
Biden’s Nick Adams strikes again
🚨 NEW: President @JoeBiden has reportedly sold his presidential memoir to Hachette for a $10 million advance, per Wall Street Journal. Not bad for a guy they said was “finished.” Congrats, 46.
This situation reported in @nytimes will get even worse if Trump’s tariffs go into effect against Brazil, the second largest source of steel imports for the US nytimes.com/2025/07/22/bus…
Heads of state need to talk, @LulaOficial says. “I don’t think it’s wrong that @realDonaldTrump defends the interests of the United States. Now, what he has to keep in mind is that I have to defend Brazil’s interests.”
Good piece in @theadvocatebr on the impending disaster for US coffee drinkers and producers if Trump's 50% tariffs on Brazilian exports goes into effect on August 1
@theadvocatebr: Louisiana coffee roasters are raising prices as tariffs make it more expensive to import coffee beans, adding to recent challenges for a local industry tied to the globally traded commodity. #lagov #lalege theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…
Great reporting and synthesis of where things stand from @ishaantharoor
My latest column Trump's bullying of Brazil is backfiring, spectacularly A senior Brazilian diplomat told me: Bolsonaro and his allies “got what they worked for — a severe threat against the whole country and its economy — and now not only part of their voters, but especially…
Don’t think this made a dent in the discourse when it came out in 2020 but I’m about 60 pages in and really enjoying it. The writing is excellent and it’s a model of how to discuss a different historical moment with an eye to the present without it ever feeling forced.
Don’t think this made a dent in the discourse when it came out in 2020 but I’m about 60 pages in and really enjoying it. The writing is excellent and it’s a model of how to discuss a different historical moment with an eye to the present without it ever feeling forced.
What was meant as a show of strength by MAGA and its Brazilian franchise has turned into a gift for the left-wing president, argues @apagliar. foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/17/bra…
What was meant as a show of strength by MAGA and its Brazilian franchise has turned into a gift for the left-wing president, argues @apagliar. foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/17/bra…
What was meant as a show of strength by MAGA and its Brazilian franchise has turned into a gift for the left-wing president, argues @apagliar. foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/17/bra…
Unfair characterization of Castro — whatever one thinks of him — by @JeffreyGoldberg. Was it bellicosity on Castro’s part to worry about US invasion after Bay of Pigs (unmentioned here)? Does asking Khrushchev to respond in case of US invasion = a “demand” to “destroy America”?
In @ForeignPolicy, I argue that Trump’s unprecedented tariff threats against Brazil raise fresh questions about the quality of the advice the US president is getting. Even for his own stated goals, this policy is a disaster. foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/17/bra…
Out in September in the US!
Will the return of President Lula da Silva transform the fortunes of Brazil? Andre Pagliarini's concise history of the rise of a metal worker to the presidency of Brazil is out now in the UK. @apagliar
Bolsonaro’s son telling on himself: “If there is a scorched earth scenario, at least I will be avenged against these robed dictators”
🇧🇷🇺🇸 "Se houver cenário de terra arrasada, pelo menos eu estarei vingado desses ditadores de toga", diz Eduardo à CNN.