Brazilian Odyssey by Stephen E Murphy

Brazilian Odyssey by Stephen E Murphy

Professor Luke Shannon's study mission to Brazil takes an ominous turn. Tatiana, a fiery student with indigenous roots, has a secret agenda. She seeks the killers of her cousin, the guardian of the forest, assassinated on All Saints Day 2019. Teaming up with a veteran reporter in the Amazon, they press hard to discover the truth.

Those in power feel threatened and push back. A Colombian drug lord enters the fray, taking Tatiana, Luke, and the journalist down a dangerous path. São Paulo's crime syndicate and Big Ag interests play for keeps. They'll eliminate anyone who gets in their way. Who will prevail?

Stephen Murphy interviewed over one hundred Brazilians for this book, told through the eyes of sixteen unsung heroes and heroines. They battle to save their rainforests, native people and fragile democracy in Brazil today.

NOTE: Reporter Dom Phillips and indigenist Bruno Pereira disappeared deep in the Amazon jungle on June 5, 2022. My book is dedicated to them. Thanks to local villagers, the Federal Police arrested several suspects.

But who ordered their murder?

Murphy, Stephen E.: - Stephen E. Murphy has lived and traveled south of the border for decades. He enjoys long lasting friendships in Cuba, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Panama and El Salvador. He has held executive positions in the BankBoston, Paramount Pictures, and the Inter-American Development Bank. For the first Bush administration, he was appointed Worldnet Television director, U.S. Information Agency. Under President George W. Bush, he served as Regional Director, Inter-Americas, for the Peace Corps. As a volunteer, he taught economics at Miami Jackson High School. The Miami Herald and the Wall Street Journal recognized his efforts to teach inner city students about the stock market and how their picks beat the S&P 500 in 1995. He left Miami for hometown Seattle, where he has taught Latin America Business at Seattle University and consulted for firms expanding to the Americas. He has published articles on Cuba and Brazil for the Puget Sound Business Journal and for Seattle's Trade Development Alliance Quarterly. Murphy mentors students and young professionals in Miami, Seattle, Havana and Rio de Janeiro and serves as chapter advisor to the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, University of Washington. He loves swimming in open bodies of water all over the world. Encouraged by UW alumni, he self-published a 2016 memoir, On the Edge: An Odyssey, about the turning points in life. The author has presented in three countries in 60 different venues, including Books & Books (Coral Gables, FL) and La Biblioteca Nacional de Cuba. The book has sold in excess of 1,000 copies and garnered more than 90 Amazon reviews. Murphy is researching a new book, Brazilian Odyssey, and is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and French.

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ISBN 13	9781952483523
ISBN 10	1952483522
Title	Brazilian Odyssey
Author	Stephen E Murphy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Book House Publishing
Year published	2022-07-04
Number of pages	280
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.