Marco Bastos
Marco is the founder of Octopus, Brazil’s first information company focused in Latin America, and has professional experience with risk analysis and development programs with multilateral organisations. He also holds an MSc in Economic History from the University of Buenos Aires, during which he analysed Brazil’s income inequality. He loves samba, the beach and football - but is always keen to point out that there is far more to Brazil than this.
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Bangladesh road safety protests bring Dhaka to standstill
On 29 July, 2018 two school students were run over by a bus. When asked about the accident at a press conference later that day,...
Namibia: African success story or elite propaganda?
On 25 July 2018, Samuel Shali Nghihepa, a sergeant in the Namibian Police Special Reserve Force Division, murdered his ex-girlfriend, Alina Kahehongo, in full view...
Loneliness in Japan during the heat wave
An unprecedented heat wave has swept across Japan this summer. Record-breaking temperatures have seen Tokyo rise above 40 degrees, and by Tuesday evening more...
