Brazil w/ Sabrina Fernandes & Andre Pagliarini
The Dig
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You Need a Party to Go to Congress, Right?
In Brazil, no party holds anything close to a legislative majority. The president has to cobble together majorities on various diferent positions. This is why some have argued that the mesalon scandal - paying members of congress to vote way in exchange for being able to name its own ministers - was caused by this practice.
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