Be careful of what you hear about Brazil

(BRASILIA/DF, TEMER RODA VIVA NACIONAL 11/11/2016. President MICHEL TEMER during an interview for mainstream press. Photo: Beto Barata/PR)

Please, be careful of what you hear about Brazil.

What’s happening here is very different from what you may be reading in recent years.

I’m not telling you I own the truth and that everything you’ve read on newspapers or magazines like the Guardian, New York Times, or Economist are blatant and utter lies.

Things are not so black and white.

Like the devil, the disturbing truth is in the details.

And that’s the problem.

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In this post, let’s talk about the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff. Next Monday (Aug 14th), we’ll talk about the other big Brazilian political issue, the Operation Car Wash.

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