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Weekly Report - 27 March 2014 (WR-14-12)

BRAZIL: PMDB backs down over internet law

After two years and seven months of struggles, negotiations and intense lobbying, Brazil’s lower chamber of congress approved the landmark civil rights framework for the internet, known as the ‘marco civil’, on 25 March. The text now goes to the senate for approval. The passage of the legislation represents a major victory for the government, given that only a few weeks ago, Eduardo Cunha, the head of the Partido Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (PMDB) in the lower chamber said he saw no sign of the legislation proceeding. Despite his party’s coalition with the ruling Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Cunha has been leading a rebellious block of congressional deputies who had threatened to make the next few months very difficult for President Dilma Rousseff. The passage of the ‘marco civil’ has shown the limits of Cunha’s power.

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