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Brazil and the Politics of Corruption

As Brazil prepares to host this summer's Olympic Games, it's transfixed by a spectacle of a different kind. A divided legislature is ousting the President of a beleaguered country about to host international athletes and the crowds who want to see them.

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By Warren Olney • May 16, 2016 • 52m Listen

As Brazil prepares to host this summer's Olympic Games, it's transfixed by a spectacle of a different kind. A divided legislature is ousting the President of a beleaguered country about to host international athletes and the crowds who want to see them.

Later on the program, we update the ban on Russia's track-and-field athletes and new charges of Russian doping at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Photo: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (R) with Michel Temer, December 16, 2015. (Antonio Cruz/Agência Brasil)

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Producer, 'To the Point'

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    Producer, 'To the Point'

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