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The Endgame of Brazil’s Crisis: Four Things to Watch

By Brian Winter

A quick guide to the drama shaking Brasilia.

After one of the most eventful 24 hours in Brazilian political history, the crisis threatening President Dilma Rousseff appears to have entered its endgame. For those trying to handicap the odds of her impeachment, or simply struggling to make sense of it all, here are four things to watch in coming days:   

1. The PMDB. If I had to choose only one thing to focus on, it would be this. Because despite all the recent drama, it remains true that the country’s largest political...

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