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Brazil & Southern Cone - February 2011 (ISSN 1741-4431)

POLITICS: And so to round two…

Round two for the new Rousseff administration appears to be political-electoral reform.   It has become almost a rite of passage for new governments in Brasí­lia to dip their toes into the testy waters of political reform, only to baulk at the turbulence it causes in a congress unwilling to alter the status quo. President Dilma Rousseff, who enjoys a very comfortable overall majority in parliament (most notably in the large lower house) is in a rather unique position to take up the challenge.   Veteran Brazil watchers, however, are under no illusions about the prospects for substantive change.

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