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The Economists, Military, Moralists & Politicians Running Brazil

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The Economists, Military, Moralists & Politicians Running Brazil(Bloomberg) — Traditionally, Brazilian presidents offered ministerial positions to politicians in return for their parties’ support in Congress. But with politics-as-usual deeply discredited in the wake of successive corruption scandals, Jair Bolsonaro is trying a different tack. The new government consists of roughly four separate groups, only one of which is explicitly political.