Melissa Teixeira

Melissa Teixeira, a historian specializing in Brazil and Latin America, explores the unique corporatist experiments in Brazil and Portugal following the Great Depression. She delves into how dictators Vargas and Salazar reshaped these nations, dismantling democratic structures to implement state-controlled economies. Teixeira discusses the societal impacts of this approach and the tensions it created, revealing how these countries became unexpected hubs of economic innovation amid political strife.