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Why Brazil is winning its fight against corruption

  • Written by Paul F. Lagunes, Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Last month, the respected Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki died in a plane crash. He was overseeing the largest corruption investigation in the country’s history.

Even if his recently selected successor, Edson Fachin, rises to the occasion, Zavascki’s death remains a tragic loss and a blow to Brazil’s fight against...

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