Blue Amazon

Nathan Thompson is a researcher at the Igarapé Institute in Rio de Janeiro. Robert Muggah is Research Director at the Igarapé Institute in Rio de Janeiro and Research and Policy Director of the SecDev Foundation in Ottawa. After years of shoring up security alliances in Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil is now looking eastward, asserting its influence across the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil started quietly, providing Africa with technical assistance in science, technology, and professional development.©2015 Foreign Affairs (P)2015 Audible, Inc.