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The Forest Code: Campaign Contributions of Agri-Business Pit Legislators Against Public Opinion

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The Código Forestal or Forest Code now being debated in Congress will determine the future of Brazil’s forests, including the world’s last great rainforest, the Amazon. In order to make good on a 1965 forest code that was rarely if ever enforced, President Dilma Rousseff introduced strong legislation in 2010. Legislators in the Lower House Read more about The Forest Code: Campaign Contributions of Agri-Business Pit Legislators Against Public Opinion[…]

Brazil’s Congress: Paying for Consensus

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Brazilians have a saying, that every corruption scandal “ends in pizza.” The malfeasant and the enforcer settle things by sharing a meal and leaving behind what brought them together in the first place. Unlike other Latin American elites, the Brazilian elite peculiarly tend towards consensus as opposed to hot-headed conflict. Rather than incriminate each other, Read more about Brazil’s Congress: Paying for Consensus[…]