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Michel Temer and the 'Nobody Survives' Scenario in Brasília

By Brian Winter

New questions emerge about who, if anyone, will be left standing once the Petrobras probe concludes.

I had dinner recently with a Fortune 500 executive who was absolutely furious over Brazil. At great pains, he had finally convinced his board to take a fresh look at investing there under interim President Michel Temer’s government. But the latest wave of corruption-related resignations and arrests had scared them away once again, for fear Temer’s government might be at risk of falling, too. “When will this stop?” the executive asked incredulously. “My God, are they all corrupt?”

This was akin to asking whether all Americans are assault rifle-wielding bigots. That is, it’s...

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