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Brazil’s conservatives are keener on such raids than its left-wing government
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Local politicians are too often corrupt and criminal

How Brazil’s ex-president and his cronies tried to take down democracy

The country should be faring much better

Some of the world’s most powerful judges have an over-cosy relationship with the business and political elite

When governments are indebted, high interest rates wreak havoc

His son’s actions have not helped