Christoph Heuser

São Paulo

Christoph Heuser heads the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung's office in Brazil. Previously, he worked as a policy officer in the foundation's Latin America Department.

Articles

Democracy and society | 13.09.2021

Bolsonarismo's erosion of democracy

Jair Bolsonaro again attacked Brazil's democratic institutions at a protest last week. Even though he rowed back since, democracy continues to [...]

Democracy and society | 16.03.2021

Lula is back

After the Supreme Court annulled his corruption convictions, Brazil could now see a showdown between Lula and Bolsonaro in the 2022 elections

Future of social democracy | 20.01.2021

Global vaccination II

Too few vaccinations and too little trust in the government. Dispatches from France, Nigeria and Brazil

Latin America | 07.05.2020

Could Bolsonaro profit from Covid-19?

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro looks severely weakened. Yet the corona crisis could actually end up working in his favour

Global | 01.04.2020

Global quarantine III

Brazil's president doesn't take the coronavirus all too seriously, while Palestine and Benin must prevent the spread now