# Self-serving politics (preview)

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Podcast: [Explaining Brazil](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-brazil-850357)
Published: 2025-09-24T15:00:00+00:00
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Crowds on Sunday fanned out across Brazil’s 27 state capitals to denounce two measures moving through Congress: a constitutional amendment proposal that would essentially shield lawmakers from prosecution, and a bill that could forgive or soften penalties for those convicted of a coup attempt masterminded by former President Jair Bolsonaro and his acolytes. The demonstrations, initially organized in a spontaneous, online fashion and later embraced by left-of-center parties, were notable not ...

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