Brazil’s Mounting Political and Economic Challenges

Once again, Brazil disappoints:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/world/americas/brazils-economic-crisis-intensifies-raising-pressure-on-president.html

Brazil’s Bloated Civil Service

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-10/fat-paycheck-lifetime-tenure-the-sweet-civil-service-in-brazil

Related –

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-05-08/brazil-s-massive-corruption-scandal-has-bitterness-replacing-hope

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/business/international/effects-of-petrobras-scandal-leave-brazilians-lamenting-a-lost-dream.html