Omar G. Encarnación

Omar G. Encarnación is a professor of political studies at Bard College and author of Out in the Periphery: Latin America's Gay Rights Revolution.

Stories by Omar G. Encarnación

Joseph Fons holding a gay pride flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on June 15.

The Real Reason the United States Lags on LGBTQ Rights

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Omar G. Encarnación

June 19, 2020, 12:10 PM

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil Is Suffering. Bolsonaro Isn’t.

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Omar G. Encarnación

May 28, 2020, 9:53 AM

Supporters of the right-wing People’s Party attend the party’s campaign kickoff on April 11 in Madrid. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

Is Spain Heading for an Electoral Wreck?

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Omar G. Encarnación

April 12, 2019, 11:48 AM

President Jair Bolsonaro waves a Brazilian flag while addressing supporters during his inauguration ceremony in Brasilia on Jan. 1, 2019. (Evaristo Sa/AFP/Getty Images)

Brazil’s Love Affair With Diplomacy Is Dead

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Omar G. Encarnación

January 8, 2019, 5:13 AM

Jair Bolsonaro, the president-elect of Brazil, casts his vote in Rio de Janeiro on Oct. 28. (Ricardo Moraes-Pool/Getty Images)

Bolsonaro Can’t Destroy Brazilian Democracy

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Omar G. Encarnación

November 1, 2018, 10:48 AM

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