The Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
“Rousseff’s Tenure Nears the End”
Thursday, March 31, 2016
1:00pm-2:30pm
JulianoBasile, Washington Correspondent, Valor Econômico
JulianoBasileis the Washington correspondent for daily Valor Econômico. He has a law degree from the University of São Paulo and aBA in journalism from the University of Brasilia. Basile started his career at Folha de São Paulo and later moved to GazetaMercantil. Before moving to Washington he was Valor’s reporter assigned to the coverage of the Brazilian Supreme Court.
Sergio Fausto, Executive Superintendent, Insitute Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Sergio Fausto is the Executive Superintendent of FundaçãoInstituto Fernando Henrique Cardoso, a research center and presidential library founded by the former President of Brazil. He co-directs PlataformaDemocrática, an initiative devoted to strengthening Latin American democratic institutions and culture, and is co-editor of the book series O Estado da DemocracianaAmérica Latina. He is also a member of Gacint-USP, an international relations forum at the University of São Paulo. During former President Cardoso’s two terms in office (1995-1999 and 1999-2003), Fausto served as advisor to the Ministry of Planning and Budget, the Ministry of Development and External Trade, and the Ministry of Finance. In 2012, he was awarded the Gus Hart Fellowship, given annually by the Chicago Council of Global Affairs to academics and policymakers for their contribution to democracy and development in Latin America. Fausto’s publications include “Difícil Democracia” (Paz e Terra, 2011), “Brasil y América del Sur: Miradas Cruzadas” (Siglo XXI, 2012) and “Brasil y América Latina: que liderazgo es possible” (Plataforma Democrática, 2013).
MARIA HERMINIA TAVARES DE ALMEIDA, Researcher, CEBRAP
Maria HerminiaBrandão Tavares de Almeida is ProfessorEmeritus atthe University of São Paulo (USP and Researcher at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP). Her field of expertise is in the areas of public policies and political institutions, specializing mainly in federalism and social policies. Maria Herminia also worked as a visiting professor at the WZB, the Global Governance Research Unit at the Berlin Social Science Center, where she continued her research on public opinion and political culture on international relations in Latin America, as well as her project on Latin America responses to the rise of Brazil. She is a member of the Advisory Councils of both the Brazil Institute and the Latin American Latin America Program at the Wilson Center.
Mauricio Moura, Managing Director, Ideia Inteligência
Mauricio Moura is the Managing Director at IdeiaInteligência, a research and consulting firm that focuses on integrating market research, big data, and micro-targeting. He is also a visiting scholar at the George Washington University and graduate researcher at Harvard University. He has worked at financial institutions such as BankBoston, AIG, Itau-Unibanco, and Lazard Investment Banking. Moura has also worked at several multilateral organizations, including the United Nations Microfinance Unit and the IFC-World Bank Group. He has dedicated his academic publications to the fields of development, public policy, and politics. Dr. Moura holds a Bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of São Paulo, a master’s degree in social sciences from the University of Chicago, a master’s in political management from the George Washington University, and a Ph.D. in economics and politics of the public sector from FGV-SP, with an extension at the George Washington University.
José Roberto de Toledo, Columnist and Editor, Estado de S. Paulo
Jose Roberto de Toledo is a columnist at Estado de S.Paulo and editor of Estadão Dados, a data driven service.He writes a weekly column on politics and manages the newspaper’s database. He is also president of the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism. Toledo worked at Folha de S. Paulo and was commentator at TV Cultura, Rede TV and TV Terra. He created digital platforms for newspapers such as Jornal do Terra, Estadão Dados and various blogs.In 2000, he founded the PrimaPagina agency, which specializes in journalism content. He has also contributed to dozens of publications and did participated in research projects for the United Nations Development Program.
Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute
Paulo Sotero is the director of the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. From 1989 to 2006, he was the Washington correspondent fordaily Estado de S. Paulo.Sotero began his career at Veja in the late 1960s and worked for the magazine in São Paulo, Recife, Brasília, and Paris, until he was named its correspondent in Portugal in 1974. In Washington since 1980, he is frequent guest commentator for Brazilian and international radio and television networks and newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals. A native of the state of São Paulo, Sotero holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from the Catholic University of Pernambuco, and a Master’s in Journalism and Public Affairs from the American University, in Washington, D.C. He has served as adjunct lecturer at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, and the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. He is a member of the Board of the Institute of the Americas, La Jolla, California, Gacint-USP and the Maria Moors Cabot Prize Board at the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University.