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Felícia Coutinho

Photo Coordinator, Editorial Board Writer

Member since October 2025

Felícia is a Brazilian student at Colégio Rio Branco Campinas who loves binge-watching documentaries, writing, and going on side quests. She is interested in geopolitics and sociology, though she spends a concerning amount of time reading fluffy romance books.

Articles written

“The dystopian movie The Matrix was released in 1999 and tells the story of a future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped in the Matrix, a simulated reality created by artificial intelligence in or...”

— The Matrix

Articles by Felícia Coutinho

11 total

Editorial Board

The Matrix

The dystopian movie The Matrix was released in 1999 and tells the story of a future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped in the Matrix, a simulated reality created by artificial intelligence in or...

May 10, 20268 min read

Editorial Board

The Chinese Century?

Over the last 30 years, the world has watched a steady uprising of the People’s Republic of China. This progress can be seen in multiple elements, especially in the socioeconomic indicators and the ev...

10 min read

Open Press

Open Press

Editorial Board

2020s Diplomacy

The United Nations officially came into existence on October 24, 1945, in San Francisco, right after the World War II, which was the deadliest conflict in human history, marked by crimes against human...

8 min read

Open Press

Where Art Meets Politics: Inside the 98th Academy Awards

Open Press

Editorial Board

Where Art Meets Politics: Inside the 98th Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, or the Oscars, are widely considered the most prestigious and famous film awards in the world. Beginning in early 1929 with a $5 dollar dinner and 15-minute-long celebration just m...

7 min read

Open Press

Open Press

Editorial Board

On Iran

The death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, on the first day of the War had a symbolic effect, but it did not dismantle the organization of the Islamic Republic, which is structured in several n...

6 min read

Open Press

Open Press

Editorial Board

The Epstein Files

On January 30, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released 3 million new pages of the Epstein Files—the batch includes more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. The pages consist of email chains, text m...

8 min read

Open Press

Open Press

Editorial Board

The Quiet Decline of U.S. Education

The United States, long regarded as the world’s dominant power, has long prided itself on technological innovations and universities that are a symbol of academic excellence. With 420 Nobel laureates,...

8 min read

Open Press

Trumpist Foreign Policy and Its Consequences

Open Press

Editorial Board

Trumpist Foreign Policy and Its Consequences

The state of these United States is grim. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have ravaged the country with illegal invasion practices, summarily executing two legal observers in Minnesota and ...

7 min read

Open Press

Open Press

Editorial Board

The Power of Youth Voice

A debate over the extent of youth participation in politics has existed at some level through generational shifts and ideological changes. But today, the argument that young people are apolitical, apa...

11 min read

Opinion

Wellness Culture is a Reflection of Our Inequalities

Picture this: In Ancient Greece, as enslaved people worked from sunrise to sundown, and women were prohibited from taking part in sports, aristocrats spent their free time in the gymnasiums. There, th...

4 min read

Global Affairs

COP 30: a Brief Overview

More than 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity is found in tropical forests, which are the basis of life, economy, and well-being. The United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP) is an annual meeting where world leaders, scientists, non-governmental organizat...

6 min read