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Brazil's President Should Resign
Fighting through to the end of his term puts the country's economic recovery at risk.
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You'd think Brazilians would be inured to scandal. After seeing one president ousted, the worst recession in a century, and the nation's top moguls and political bosses tarred in a historic corruption probe, what more could go wrong?
Silly question. Consider President Michel Temer, who was allegedly caught on tape blessing the payment of hush money to a political crony jailed in the giant Carwash probe into political graft, and whose own job is now on the line.