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Brazil & Southern Cone - August 2011 (ISSN 1741-4431)
POLITICS: Rousseff tries for principled politics
President Dilma Rousseff continues to firefight corruption scandals on several fronts, at a fairly hefty political cost to her ill-at-ease ruling coalition. Undettered, the president repeated in early August that she will continue to insist on ‘zero tolerance’ for official graft, noting, “not only is it unethical, but also it makes for a very inefficient government”. Opinion polls indicate broad public support to date for her efforts. But, as underlined by the exit of one of the affected coalition parties, it’s a going to be a very tricky act for the president to balance principles and pragmatism.
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