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Weekly Report - 19 May 2016 (WR-16-19)

BRAZIL: Temer’s first week characterised by missteps

Alongside Saudi Arabia, the Solomon Islands and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil now ranks with just a handful of states with no female representatives in the national cabinet. Neither does the new government of acting president Michel Temer feature any black or mixed-race members, despite over 50% of the Brazilian population classifying themselves as such. Perhaps as befits an unelected government, it is also unrepresentative of the country.

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