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Weekly Report - 19 July 2018 (WR-18-28)
BRAZIL: Evangelical mayor under fire
Protest votes do not always solve the problem that the voters want fixed. In October 2016, angry over corruption and mismanagement, no less than 59% of voters in the city of Rio de Janeiro chose Marcelo Crivella, a political outsider and former evangelical bishop, as their new mayor. Less than two years on, Crivella faces accusations of impropriety; he has narrowly escaped impeachment and may still struggle to complete his term in office.
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