Last week, he wrote an op-ed about the Brazilian protests which appeared on the Brazil Institute's website. He has written another analysis of the situation which was published by the Financial Times.
Mr. Sotero offers a balanced and realistic view of the protests, which he neither romanticizes nor condemns.
Referring to the protesters, many of whom have been young and middle-class, Sotero writes:
"Beneficiaries of two decades of democracy with economic stability, they bought the dream of a more prosperous and equitable Brazil drummed up by their leaders and are now saying that it is time to start delivering."
He goes on to detail the challenges that Dilma faces as she attempts to deal with the protests, concluding with this assessment:
"The president’s late and unimpressive response to the protests raises doubts about her own standing. There is no longer a sense of inevitability over Ms Rousseff’s re-election in October 2014."
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