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THE ROVING EYE: A New Model for the Americas: Democratic Brazil, not Plutocratic US

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With the USA on the verge of going even farther retrograde into Corpocracy, Plutocracy and Oligarchy, with genuinely psychotic and reactionary political forces coming to the halls of power now, what country in the Western Hemisphere has the character to offer a progressive model that can empower all people, not a voracious few? Yes, Brazil, which has just seen Lula's chosen successor, Dilma Roussef, elected to the presidency.

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