If insurrections were coffee, the barista would say Brazil had a January 6 Grande
by Rashmee
Posted on January 9, 2023
Two years and two days after Donald Trump’s supporters invaded Capitol Hill, Brazil had its …
Read MoreColombia and Latin America’s quickening political pulse
by Rashmee
Posted on June 21, 2022
Is the Colombian election result a continuation of something quintessentially Latin American? A quickening pulse …
Read MoreBolsonaro sheds crocodile tears for Trump. Don’t cry for him, Brazil
by Rashmee
Posted on November 23, 2020
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s public truculence about dealing with a new US president who is …
Read MoreClimate refugees is not a new term but get used to hearing it more often
by Rashmee
Posted on September 22, 2020 / The National
This is officially Climate Week and it’s brought to the world by the United Nations …
Read MoreHow a new multilateralism is emerging from summits and crises
by Rashmee
Posted on August 27, 2019 / The National
The freshly concluded Group of Seven summit in Biarritz and the fires raging through the …
Read MoreWhat’s on BRICS’ collective mind?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 25, 2019
Today (July 25th) and tomorrow, foreign ministers of the BRICS countries meet in …
Read MoreTrump & Trump of the Tropics: Maliciousness towards minorities and misogyny are a limited bond
by Rashmee
Posted on March 20, 2019
Donald Trump has just met (on March 19) the so-called ‘Trump of the Tropics’, Brazil’s …
Read MoreThe ‘Trump of the Tropics’ takes office & his guru spouts off. Happy New Year
by Rashmee
Posted on December 31, 2018
Tomorrow, January 1, the ‘Trump of the Tropics’ takes office as president of Brazil. Much …
Read MoreConcidisti populos nasum tuum. Brazil’s Bolsonaro spitefully cuts off his (& the poor’s) nose
by Rashmee
Posted on November 16, 2018
Is there anything more silly than Brazilian president-elect Jair Bolsonaro provoking Cuba to withdraw its …
Read MoreNick Clegg is right. Even Bhutan’s fledgling politics feels baleful effects of tech
by Rashmee
Posted on October 22, 2018
After he took a job with Facebook, former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg explained …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK