Brazil: A Giant Waking Up on the Inside
Brazil: A Giant Waking Up on the Inside

Summary/Abstract: The Football World Cup may be an event for the global audience to celebrate, but not all razilians find it that entertaining. The mass protests demonstrating society’s dissatisfaction hat began last year under the slogan “The Giant Woke Up” and Brazil’s economic slowdown ersist. Despite the country’s outstanding economic prosperity and social progress in the ecent years, Brazil has not yet been able to raise its standing on the international stage. oreover, Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff’s limited interest in foreign policy, and her entralising leadership, especially ahead of the October presidential election, have turned razil into a far more hesitant and less global player than was the case under her two predecessors.

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