Brazil Engulfed by Ruling Class Corruption — and Dangerous Subversion of Democracy

Brazil Is Engulfed by Ruling Class Corruption — and a Dangerous Subversion of Democracy

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff gives a speech, in Anapolis, center-western Brazil, on May 22, 2014, during the opening of the 855 km stretch of the North-South Railway (Ferrovia Norte-Sul, in Portuguese), between the cities of Anapolis (in Goias state) and Porto Nacional (in Tocantins state). PHOTO: ANDRE DUSEK/ESTADAO CONTEUDO (Agencia Estado via AP Images)

Western media are depicting street protests as a noble populist uprising. The facts are much more complicated.