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Weekly Report - 21 June 2018 (WR-18-24)
BRAZIL: Army sounds out politicians
Interest groups normally lobby presidential hopefuls ahead of elections. But there was still surprise when Brazil’s O Globo newspaper identified one of the lobbyists as none other than General Eduardo Villas Bôas, commander of the Brazilian army. His meetings with a number of politicians in recent weeks have been described as the first of their kind since the restoration of democracy 33 years ago. They come at a time when the role of the military in Brazil is again open to debate.
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