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New York Times (August 18)

2015/ 08/ 19 by jd in Global News

“Brazil is in tatters. The economy is in a deepening recession.” On top of that Petrobras is facing a “massive corruption scandal” and the country’s credit rating was just downgraded by Moody’s. “In all this turbulence, it is easy to miss the good news: the fortitude of Brazil’s democratic institutions.” Specifically, “in pursuing bribery at Petrobras, federal prosecutors…have not been deterred by rank or power, dealing a blow to the entrenched culture of immunity among government and business elites.”

 

Wall Street Journal (June 9)

2015/ 06/ 11 by jd in Global News

With the unfolding FIFA scandal, the legitimacy of Russia’s successful bid to host the World Cub may be called into question. To some, the bribery is irrelevant. “Why not at least threaten a boycott of the Cup for as long as Russian troops remain in Ukraine? The average Russian couldn’t care less that the deputy prime minister is under international sanctions for Moscow’s seizure of Crimea. But soccer-mad Russians would care, a lot, if the games were taken from them.”

 

The Times—London (June 12)

2010/ 06/ 14 by jd in Global News

The Times says the International Whaling Commission (IWC) “must suspend any vote until it has established all the facts.” The vote refers to lifting the moratorium on whaling. The facts refer to alleged “grubby dealings” by Japan to buy votes “with overseas aid, cash payments in envelopes and the offer of prostitutes.”

 

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