Episode
Checks and balances turned into vendettas (preview)
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- Explaining Brazil
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- Dec 17, 2025
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- 628
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Summary
In any democratic republic, it’s normal for the executive, legislative, and judicial branches to clash. That’s a sign of mutual oversight. It’s also normal for politicians to make concessions to their adversaries. That’s a sign of democracy. But the sequence of recent events in Brazilian politics has turned into a sweeping narrative about what happens when these dynamics of checks and balances slide into sheer revanchism and bargaining over the rule of law. Send us your feedback Support the s...