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A Final Defense of Dilma Rousseff

By Brian Winter

Rousseff’s main achievement as president led directly to her downfall, writes AQ’s editor-in-chief.

Back in March 2014, when the Petrobras scandal was just getting started, some of President Dilma Rousseff’s top aides saw a golden opportunity to kill the investigation – or at least badly wound it.

Márcio Anselmo, the Federal Police deputy in charge of the probe, had given an interview (which can be seen here) to Jornal Nacional, Brazil’s most-watched news program. On-camera and on-the-record, Anselmo and others laid out the main...

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