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Opinion: Draining Brazil’s Swamp

Opinion by Michael Royster

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One of the main reasons President Trump won the U.S. Presidential election was his constant proclamation during his campaign that he would “drain the swamp”. The swamp in question was Washington DC, which, by metonymy, means the U.S. Federal Government.

Here in Brazil the festering, noxious swamp is also the Federal Government, but the people seeking drainage are not presidents, nor presidential candidates, nor former presidents—rather, to the contrary, these notables are now defendants.

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