SUMMARY
4 | EDITORIAL
What’s the problem with Brazil?
5 | IN FOCUS
Ambassadors defend the BRICS in joint article
6 | GUEST COLUMNIST
Costa, B. Fritz and M. Sproll on inequality in Brazil
8 | GUEST COLUMNIST
Anthony Pereira on the consequences of Operation Car Wash
10 | PROFILE
The look of Maria Luiza Abbott on Brazil’s image abroad
12 | GLOBAL BRAZIL
How the government of Dilma Rousseff fell into the austerity trap
14 | BR-UK CONNECTION
Rio 2016: A year of the Games, the goals of Brazil and Great Britain
16 | BRASILIANCE
An investigation into the formation of the Brazilian Military Police
20 | CONECTANDO
The history of resistance of women affected by dams
23 | GUIDE
Brazilian movie The Second Mother debuts in the UK
26 | CULTURAL TIPS
Marcelo D2 comes to London for presentation in Brixton
Latin American Theatre Festival is back for a new edition
Brazilian Bilingual Book Club: Canaan, by Graça Aranha
28 | COLUMNISTS
Franko Figueiredo on ‘Nurturing a new generation’
Aquiles Reis on ‘Old musical friends’
Ricardo Somera on ‘New voices from Brazil’
30 | TRAVEL
Florianopolis, the paradise in the south of Brazil