The Rise and Decline of Brazil as a Regional Power (2003–2016)

Abstract

Brazil’s evolution as a regional emerging power began under Lula’s leadership and declined with Rousseff’s dismissal and the domestic political, economic, and leadership crisis that led to its loss of regional relevance, the deterioration of its leadership in South America, and its failure to achieve a strategic international alliance of middle powers. This decline was expressed on the international level in the core-periphery bond developed with China within BRICS and on the level of South America in the loss of relevance of the regional governance institutions Lula once promoted. La evolución de Brasil como potencia emergente regional empezó bajo el gobierno de Lula y declinó con la destitución de Rousseff y la externalización de la crisis política, económica y de liderazgo interna y la consiguiente pérdida de relevancia regional, el deterioro de su liderazgo en Sudamérica y el fracaso de objetivos en su alianza internacional de potencias medias. Las manifestaciones de la declinación a nivel internacional se expresan en el vínculo de carácter centro-periferia desarrollado con China al interior de BRICS y a nivel sudamericano en la pérdida de relevancia de las instituciones de gobernabilidad regional que Lula había impulsado.

Assessing the Performance of Highway Safety Manual (HSM) Predictive Models for Brazilian Multilane Highways

“…This could have led to an underreported number of property damage only (PDO) crashes [8,10]. Additionally, Brazil's technological backwardness resulting from the economic and political crisis that began in 2014 may have contributed to this trend [11]. Thereby, further investigation is needed to address road safety on Brazilian highways, including investments in infrastructure and technology for accident prevention [12].…”