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Opinion: Brazilian Pork Barrel, Revisited

Michael Royster -
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - “Orçamento impositivo” is the sesquipedalian rendering in Portuguese of “pork barrel” —American for adding provisions to legislation that forces the government to spend money on something it doesn’t want to....
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