Dilma Rousseff, two views of democracy, and the battle for Brazil's future

Dilma Rousseff, two views of democracy, and the battle for Brazil's future

Dilma Rousseff is fond of ancient history. The woman removed as president of Brazil recently revealed she had been reading work by the Cambridge classicist Mary Beard. And certainly the events of the last few months in the cauldron of Brazilian politics hark back to the era of Cicero, senatorial drama and the turbulent late years of the Roman Republic.

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