Brazil: Corruption as a Mode of Rule: Tracing the roots of corruption in Brazil from Vargas to Bolsonaro reveals a political strategy that has long been woven into the fabric of Brazilian politics.

It informs that the roots of corruption in Brazil from Vargas to Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil, reveals a political strategy that has long been woven into the fabric of Brazilian politics. It informs that in 1954, the former dictator-turned-democratically-elected president, Getúlio Vargas, committed suicide in the wake of the Mar de Lama ("Sea of Mud") corruption scandal, and a vicious campaign led by a right-wing news editor and politician, Carlos Lacerda.