Tag: Distritão

Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Part of the proposed “reform” is a fund of R$3.6 billion (more than US$1.1 billion) for political parties to spend in the 2018 elections. As one commentator has pointed out, this...

Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Notwithstanding the committee recommendation for the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies to approve the malodorous “Distritão” for the 2018 elections, there is now talk about jettisoning this project, whose main aim was...

Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, pleased as punch to have ensured that President Temer could not be prosecuted, is now dedicated to saving the bacon of its own members by adopting...