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Brazil's tide against corruption swells

  • Written by Susan Rose-Ackerman, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence (Law and Political Science), Yale University
imageCalls for Brazilian President Michel Temer's ouster are growing louder due to allegations of government corruption.Pilar Olivares/Reuters

Brazil’s political turmoil is going into overdrive, exacerbated in recent days by the discovery of a tape recording allegedly of President Michel Temer approving some US$600,000 in hush money to pay off a...

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