Richard Lapper

Biography

Richard is a journalist, consultant, and writer specializing in Latin America. His first book 'Beef, Bible and Bullets: Brazil in the Age of Bolsonaro' (Manchester University Press, 2021) was recommended by The Economist as one of seven 'essential books for understanding Latin America' and was a Financial Times political book of the year in 2021. His book on Lula, 'Lula!: The Man, The Myth and a Dream of Latin America', was published by Bloomsbury in 2026. Richard worked for the Financial Times for 25 years and was the newspaper's Latin America editor between 1998 and 2008. He is an associate at Chatham House in London.