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Mani Pulite: Italy’s “Lava-Jato”

ansa - silvio berlusconi - Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after a speech outside Palazzo Grazioli, his private residence, in Rome, 27 November 2013. Italy's parliament prepared to expel Silvio Berlusconi today over his tax fraud conviction in a momentous move that raises the risk of his arrest but is unlikely to end his tumultuous career. Thousands of Berlusconi loyalists massed outside the three-time former prime minister's luxury home in Rome to support their leader, as lawmakers from his party took the floor of the Senate one by one to back him. ANSA/GUIDO MONTANI

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Brasil’s Shock Doctrine

“Only a crisis, real or perceived, produces real change.” – Milton Friedman. Brasil is having a horrible 2015; a far less favourable global economic situation, a number of policy misjudgements made early in President Rousseff’s first mandate and rolling scandals that have followed 2014’s election have resulted in flurry of headlines both at home and abroad decrying “Brasil in Crisis” or “On […]