Alex Cuadros

Alex Cuadros is a writer based in San Francisco and the author, most recently, of When We Sold God's Eye: Diamonds, Murder, and a Clash of Worlds in the Amazon. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, and Harper’s. His first book, Brazillionaires: Wealth, Power, Decadence, and Hope in an American Country, was a Financial Times best book of 2016.

Shipwrecked in the Amazon
Photographs of the worst drought in the river basin’s recorded history
Alex Cuadros
February 11, 2025
Musuk Nolte
Brazil Turns Its Back on Democracy
The far-right Jair Bolsonaro won the first round in the country’s presidential elections.
Alex Cuadros
October 8, 2018
Pilar Olivares / Reuters
The Rot at the Heart of Brazil's Anti-Corruption Crusade
Allegations of bias have tarnished the investigation against Lula, setting the stage for yet another institutional crisis in the country.
Alex Cuadros
February 2, 2018
Leonardo Benassatto / Reuters
The Broken Promise of the Rio Olympics
How a chance to remake the city for ordinary Brazilians ended up lining the pockets of the rich instead.
Alex Cuadros
August 1, 2016
Sergio Moraes / Reuters

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