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Brazil Is Tired. Guess Who Benefits?

By Brian Winter

Apathy and fatigue are driving Brazil’s politics. AQ’s editor-in-chief explores the potential consequences.

Everywhere you go in Brazil, it’s the same thing.

Circles under the eyes, hushed voices. A shrug. “Fazer o que?”

In the bakeries of Eastern São Paulo. In courtrooms. In President Michel Temer’s government. Outside shuttered storefronts. At City Hall. In the 50-person line for jobs at a yogurt shop. In corporate suites.

The anger is gone.

These days, Brazilians are just tired.

Of the recession that won’t end, of the corruption scandals that won’t either, of politicians who offer no vision or hope for anything different.

With one big...

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