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Brazil & Southern Cone - October 2016 (ISSN 1741-4431)
PT punished in municipal elections
This has not been a kind year for Brazil's left-wing Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) and the first round of this year's municipal elections was no exception. On 2 October, the PT suffered its worst electoral defeat in two decades.
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