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Why Brazilian Politics Needs a Radical Makeover

By Eduardo Mello, Matias Spektor

A historic corruption probe revealed a system so broken it must be overhauled.

Brazil is one of the top 10 economies globally, but it fails to meet too many of its population’s basic needs. It is one of the OECD countries with the highest public spending on education – yet Brazilian students perform worse on international tests than those in other OECD countries. ...

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