--- title: Matt Sandy | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/author/matt-sandy/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/matt-sandy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Matt Sandy ## Matt Sandy ## Matt Sandy *  May 15, 2020 ### [Brazil Risks Being Overwhelmed by Coronavirus](https://time.com/5837434/brazil-coronavirus-covid-19-latin-america/) Despite implementing social distancing measures nearly two months ago, Brazil's COVID-19 infection r... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Apr 6, 2020 ### [Brazil's Governors Oppose President on Virus](https://time.com/5816243/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-coronavirus-governors/) “He is putting people’s lives at risk” [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 1, 2019 ### [Bearing Witness as Brazil's Amazon Burns](https://time.com/5665525/amazon-rainforest-fires-photos/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Oct 29, 2018 ### [Brazil Rejoices and Trembles at Bolsonaro Victory](https://time.com/5437777/brazil-bolsonaro-president-far-right-victory/) "There will be high tensions" [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Oct 8, 2018 ### [Brazil Wakes Up to the Reality of a Bolsonaro Presidency](https://time.com/5418582/brazil-bolsonaro-election-first-round/) “It is important for the establishment to hear this message” [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 23, 2018 ### [Jair Bolsonaro Loves Trump, Hates Gay People and Admires Autocrats. He Could Be Brazil's Next President](https://time.com/5375731/jair-bolsonaro-2/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 23, 2017 ### [Brazil Judge's Death Sparks Conspiracy Theories](https://time.com/4642972/brazil-teori-zavascki-brazil-corruption/) Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki had recently received threats, his son said [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 1, 2016 ### [Dilma Rousseff's Impeachment Is the Start of Brazil's Crisis—Not the End](https://time.com/4476011/brazil-dilma-rousseff-crisis-impeachment/) 'People will disagree about this for a generation' [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 4, 2016 ### [Rio de Janeiro's Mayor Has No Worries About the Olympics](https://time.com/4438822/rio-2016-olympics-mayor-eduardo-paes/) 'I want to be king of Rio' [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 2, 2016 ### [Rio de Janeiro's Forgotten Legacy of Slavery Shadows the Olympics](https://time.com/4435249/rio-de-janeiro-olympic-slavery-legacy/) More than 2 million slaves came through Rio de Janeiro [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 1, 2016 ### [Brazil's Impeached President Dilma Rousseff Ponders Her Past — and Her Future](https://time.com/4433320/brazil-dilma-rousseff-impeachment-olympics/) "What you cannot do is sell your soul" [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 28, 2016 ### [Amid Crises, Rio Readies for its Olympics Closeup](https://time.com/4428030/crises-rio-olympics/) [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  Jul 27, 2016 ### [Brazil's Rousseff Speaks on Impeachment and Olympics](https://time.com/4426359/q-and-a-dilma-rousseff-olympics-zika-impeachment/) 'I have the conviction that I can win' [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jun 8, 2016 ### [Brazil's Deepening Crisis Could Rescue Dilma Rousseff](https://time.com/4361090/brazil-dilma-rousseff-michel-temer-impeachment/) Interim president Michel Temer's troubles could save her from impeachment [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 12, 2016 ### [Brazil Votes to Impeach President Dilma Rousseff](https://time.com/4327408/brazil-senate-dilma-rousseff-suspended/) 180 days of uncertainty [WORLD](/section/world/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/matt-sandy/","name":"Matt Sandy"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/matt-sandy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/matt-sandy/"},"name":"Matt Sandy","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/matt-sandy/","sameAs":["https://x.com/mattsandy"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```