Brazil's new rulers: rich, white, conservative, and in legal trouble

Brazil's new rulers: rich, white, conservative, and in legal trouble Brasilia (AFP) May 14, 2016 - The two dozen ministers in Brazil's new government have a lot in common: they're white, male, conservative, often wealthy and in numerous cases face legal problems. The question - after coming to power through the suspension of leftist president Dilma Rousseff rather than a presidential election - is whether they have enough in common with their country of 204 million. Interim Presiden ... more

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