Brazil is a vast country of some 211 million people. A nation full of energy but also plagued by crime; powerful criminal networks like the PCC and Red Commando battle over international and domestic drug trafficking routes. Then there is illegal logging, gold mining, land invasion, human trafficking, high levels of violence, highly militarised law enforcement and a huge corruption scandal that rocked the Brazilian political class. And now COVID-19 has struck and Brazil has the second highest number of cases in the world. Presenter(s) https://globalinitiative.net/experts/ana-paula-oliveira/ (Ana Paula Oliveira) / Jack Meegan-Vickers Guests https://twitter.com/antoniosamp?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor (Antonio Sampaio), a research fellow at the International institute for Strategic Studies, the host of the https://www.iiss.org/blogs/podcast (Sounds Strategic Podcast) and a member of the https://globalinitiative.net/experts/antonio-sampaio/ (GI Network of Expe...