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Weekly Report - 2 July 2015 (WR-15-26)
BRAZIL: After setback Cunha triumphs
Eduardo Cunha, the speaker of the federal lower chamber of congress from the nominally-government allied Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (PMDB), is not to be underestimated. After a constitutional amendment to reduce the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16 for serious crimes fell just five votes of the 308 needed for approval on 30 June, Cunha managed to stitch together another proposal, which passed, in the early hours of 2 July.
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