Massive Truckers' Strike Exposes Political Chaos as Brazil Gears Up for Elections in October
A truckers' strike sowed economic and political chaos — and some are begging the military for relief.
Leandro Demori
Leandro Demori is the Executive Editor of The Intercept Brasil and is based in Rio de Janeiro. He is the author of “Cossa Nostra in Brazil: The History of the Mafioso Who Took Down the Empire” (Companhia das Letras, 2016) and is a board member of the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji). He was previously digital editor of revista piauí.
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