- The Association of Diplomatic Studies and Training website is the #1 resource I recommend most often to new Foreign Area Officers and one which I highlight in my article: So You've Got Orders, Now Read This Poem hosted at the excellent Africa OSC page. Most notable are the country readers they have which consist of a chronological series of interviews with various embassy personnel from ambassadors to attaches to public affairs officers to management officers to GSOs. These are an amazing supplement to studies of a country history as it offers a glimpse into our foreign policy/diplomatic posture at various points in time. https://adst.org/Readers/Brazil.pdf
The website also features podcasts and other articles such as the ones highlighted below.
- Four Days in September — The Kidnapping of the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil
- The “Leaky Bucket”—Brazil and the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Brazil’s Long Detour on the Road to Democracy
- CSI: Sao Paulo — The Search for the Angel of Death
2. University of Chicago Revista Vaeranda Program
Academic department with a collection of public essays and experiences that capture a broad span of society, arts and government--such as this short essay: Revolution, not Transition: The Collapse of the Brazilian Military Regime
3. Brasilian Whatsapp Slang (my list)
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/brasilialifeafterdesign/282996878?autoplay=1
Environmental activist, journalist, and National Book Award finalist Eliane Brum considers how governments and corporations destroy the Amazon and disrupt the under-recognized populations who live there, in this excerpt from Banzeiro Òkòtó.
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