Cientista político baiano. Associate Prof of Political Science & Director of Latin American & Latino Studies at Queens College, CUNY. Subnational politics & social policy (esp public health), Brasil. Posts in ENG / PT-BRhttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3lqcuot7mj22qCongrats #QCClassof2025! @psciqc.bsky.social + LALS29 May 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqcuot7mj22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3lq6uuwi7322mCongratulations QC Honors Graduates27 May 2025 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6uuwi7322mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3ljld3my5zk2eYet one more sign of the collapse of civilization? https://www.grubstreet.com/article/nyc-chefs-toning-down-very-spicy-food.html04 Mar 2025 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljld3my5zk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3lifmrrs6sc23We’ve reached the stage where the @nytimes.com does this with a straight face? Stop the bus.17 Feb 2025 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lifmrrs6sc23https://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3lidn7erboc2vTough not to be an alarmist when the evidence lines up. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2025 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lidn7erboc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3lhz5oqlbqs2f https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/elon-musk-and-donald-trump-are-not-fixing-us-foreign-aid-but-destroying-it?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email12 Feb 2025 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhz5oqlbqs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3lgxvgjvi5c2gOne of the main newspapers in my home state of Bahia now casually has news stories advising tourists to avoid common hand gestures because of their association to org crime.30 Jan 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgxvgjvi5c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3lfn74paipc2sPeople often overstate the Executive's power to determine fiscal policy in Brazil. Legislators earmark/direct a large share of federal expenditures. https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2025/01/emendas-avancam-sobre-orcamento-e-consomem-ate-74-da-verba-dos-ministerios.shtml13 Jan 2025 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfn74paipc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3ldjuqlq25k22One can always nitpick at the specifics and the compromises, but this is the important work of governing. Simplifying and trimming the re-incidence of taxation are huge wins both for BR businesses and consumers. https://valorinternational.globo.com/politics/news/2024/12/13/brazils-senate-approves-tax-reform-rules-with-higher-vat-rate.ghtml17 Dec 2024 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldjuqlq25k22https://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3lcxuqbopkk2pStandardization is an unfortunate byproduct of institutionalization. But as mentioned in the article, things are also cyclical. Maybe we see a backlash in the next generation? (Beautiful article w great use of data by @jnorthcroft.bsky.social). https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/how-pep-guardiola-and-data-destroyed-games-beautiful-variety-0nf3hj0hw10 Dec 2024 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxuqbopkk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3lcuzlcwoyk2lPeople often focus on the Global North, but most migrants stay in region. Latin American countries have typically been welcoming of each other's refugees, but this this stuff is heartbreaking. [Forgive the sensationalist picture on the link]. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/world/americas/haiti-dominican-republican-cage-trucks.html09 Dec 2024 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcuzlcwoyk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3lct5dv3jsk2cLibertadores! Com atuação segura do nosso goleirão elder statesman! Tomara que renovem pro ano que vem. Bora sofrer mais ano que vem! #BBMP08 Dec 2024 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lct5dv3jsk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3lcqiamo33k23A little free trade during protectionist times? 25 years of chugging along and we might eventually get somewhere? https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/eu-strikes-trade-deal-with-mercosur-f026db01?page=107 Dec 2024 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcqiamo33k23https://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3lc7biptdus2c[Pausa pro futebol] Parece que o Bahia tá jogando pra escapar do rebaixamento. Pelo amor dos meus filhinhos…30 Nov 2024 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc7biptdus2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3lbudutj5mk2pThe international community directly contributed to state failure in Haiti and now abandons it. Notice how the coverage is part of the problem: local population is an afterthought in this article. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/world/americas/haiti-gang-violence-un-evacuations.html26 Nov 2024 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbudutj5mk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3lbkh4rnj6c2kI feel like I should have something to say about the Brazilian Fed Police's findings re: (would-be?) (botched?) coup attempt by outgoing Bolsonaro adm in 22. But a) I'm not really that surprised, b) don't you get tarred and feathered if you imply Brazilian institutions are somewhat resilient? (1/2)22 Nov 2024 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkh4rnj6c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3lba6swdy7c23https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/nyregion/new-york-city-homeless-children.html18 Nov 2024 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lba6swdy7c23https://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3l6pnyih4c62iOur department is looking for an Americanist, broadly construed. Come work with us in Queens, one of the more diverse and exciting places to be! QC is ranked highly for advancing social mobility. Deadline is coming up quick: Nov 2! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Oct 2024 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6pnyih4c62ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3l2rrvwzc2s2pÓtima entrevista da Lara Mesquita hoje no Nexo. https://www.nexojornal.com.br/entrevista/2024/08/27/emendas-parlamentares-entrevista-lara-mesquita28 Aug 2024 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3l2rrvwzc2s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3kyr6l75xyd25Ready for career day. 😄02 Aug 2024 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3kyr6l75xyd25https://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3ksmqgaqpor2mQuando comecei pesquisa em saúde (2007), já era grande o n de consultores no MS. Na prática: necessidade de adequar os recursos humanos às novas demandas sob as amarras do legado de funcionários antigos do INAMPS e as restrições p novas contratações. https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/equilibrioesaude/2024/05/ministerio-da-saude-infla-equipes-sem-concurso-e-esconde-lista-de-contratados.shtml16 May 2024 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ksmqgaqpor2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3kdck52sf7a2qGreat post on @goodauth.bsky.social I'll be incorporating into my Politics of Sports class. https://goodauthority.org/news/how-title-ix-is-undermining-college-sports/03 Nov 2023 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdck52sf7a2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3kcg7sgo5lh2iI’ll defer to our colleagues who are Argentina specialists, but I wonder whether to read this as moderate voters dampening the far right or as resilience of the Peronist machine (could be both, obv). Also think NYT missed on headline. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/22/world/americas/argentina-presidential-election-javier-milei.html?smid=url-share23 Oct 2023 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcg7sgo5lh2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jorgealves.bsky.social/post/3kcblf52kib2bSo I was telling my kids that one of the players for Al Nassr (Talisca) used to play for the great EC Bahia (my home team) and, right on cue, he scores on a free kick, w Cristiano Ronaldo serving as decoy no less. BBMP21 Oct 2023 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:hs2wy4bdr42wepwhyix77fqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcblf52kib2b