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General News 9/21/2015 at 10:21 AM EDT H3'ed 9/21/15

Historic Ruling in Brazil Bans Business from Funding Campaigns

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From flickr.com/photos/131195914@N06/16217280163/: The historic ruling comes amid a corruption scandal alleging that construction and engineering firms paid corrupt officials in order to get contracts with Petrobras.

No better words to describe the ruling of The Supreme Court of Brazil than these pronounced by one of the Judges herself:

“The influence of economic power culminates when it converts the electoral process into a political game of cards already marked, an odious pantomime that transforms the voter into a puppet, eroding citizenship and democracy with a single blow,” Judge Rosa Weber said.

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