Episode 79: Juliana Barbassa
My guest today, Juliana Barbassa is a journalist and the author of the new book Dancing with the\xa0Devil in the City of God: Rio di Janeiro on the Brink.\xa0
\nWe have a great conversation about the current political upheaval in Brazil; how preparations for the 2016 summer Olympics are changing the character of Rio; and why corruption in Brazil's political system is seemingly so endemic.\n\xa0\nJuliana had a nomadic upbringing. She is Brazilian, but spent much of her childhood overseas in the middle east and Texas, where she developed a bug for journalism. We discuss her life and career, including her time covering key immigration debates in the USA in the 1990s and 2000s; and her writing of this interesting new book about Rio.\xa0\n\xa0\nIf you want to learn more about the most important city in one of the most interesting countries on earth, have a listen.\xa0\n\xa0