House of horrors

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Brazil Institute

The Economist, 07/09/2009
The president of Brazil’s Senate sits in a fine blue leather chair designed by Oscar Niemeyer, a celebrated Brazilian architect. Comfortable it may be, but its occupants have also found it to be an insecure perch. Three senate presidents have been suspended or have resigned because of scandals in the past eight years. [...]

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