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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The Plastic War
From the UN in 2017 to the EU in 2018, we have become accustomed to organisations and countries declaring ‘war on plastic...
Populism to Pensions: Love or Hate for Putin’s New Policy?
It has been close to a year since the 2018 March presidential elections in Russia, which saw Vladimir Putin enter his fourth...
2019: Year of the Vegan?
The word ‘vegan’ was coined in 1944, after members of the Leicester Vegetarian Society became frustrated with the group’s refusal to consider...
