In Praise of the Art of Politics

Issue Date July 1996
Volume 7
Issue 3
Page Numbers 8-19
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About the Author

Fernando Henrique Cardoso was elected to two terms as president of Brazil, serving from 1994 to 2003. He chairs the Club of Madrid, cochairs the Inter-American Dialogue, and is professor at large in the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University.

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