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James Green
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies – Brown University
Filmed in February 2008.
- How did the military dictatorship rule Brazil? [1:55]
- What economic changes did Brazil experience during the dictatorship? [2:02]
- Why did the government use torture and what were some of its methods? [2:06]
- How did the international community respond to news of torture in Brazil? [1:47]
- Why did some opposition groups use kidnapping as a political tool? [3:08]
- How did human rights abuses in Latin America in the 1970s contribute to a change in U.S. foreign aid policy? [2:00]
- What do you think the phrase "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" means? [1:08]
- What factors contributed to the end of the dictatorship? [2:27]
- How does economic inequality affect the population of Brazil? [1:33]
- How did Fernando Henrique Cardoso control inflation? [1:23]
- How did Lula's economic policies help him win the presidency? [2:26]
- How has Brazil been successful in fighting HIV/AIDS? [1:30]
- What is the legacy of slavery in Brazil? [1:19]
- How are Brazilian and U.S. definitions of race different? [2:11]
- What are the biggest challenges facing Brazil today? [1:17]
- How is Brazil different from other South American countries? [1:12]
James Green is the director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and an associate professor of History and Brazilian Studies at Brown University. He is currently finishing the manuscript, "We Cannot Remain Silent": Opposition to the Brazilian Military Dictatorship in the United States, 1964-85, under contract with Duke University Press. He is also the author of Beyond Carnival: Male Homosexuality in Twentieth-century Brazil (University of Chicago, 1999). Green received his doctorate in Latin American history at UCLA in 1996. He has traveled extensively throughout Latin America and lived eight years in Brazil. In addition to his academic pursuits, he is national co-coordinator of the Brazilian Strategy Network, a network of people dedicated to cooperative relations between Brazil and the United States based on equitable democratic development. He is also the chair of the advisory board of the Brazilian Immigrant Network, a coalition of Brazilian immigrant rights organizations in the United States.
