Lo único seguro es que Estados Unidos seguirá decidiendo todo por nosotros. Pero tal vez la alternativa sería peor. Quiero decir, que Moscú en vez de Washington organizara nuestra vida. Cuando nos dejan libres, lo hacemos todavía peor. Lo menos malo parecería ser que sigamos siendo esclavos.

national crime statistics show a sharp rise in the murder rate. Having edged downwards between 2003 and 2010, homicide rates then climbed to reach 30.5 per 100,000 in 2017. In part this rise was a result of the recession and failed policing. In Rio de Janeiro, for example, the military police – which is responsible for day-to-day operations – found

In March 2017, just as the national homicide rate started to rise, the Brazilian Forum of Public Security, an NGO that brings together academics, policymakers and police officers, found alarming evidence that the fear of falling victim to crime explained a surprisingly high degree of support for authoritarian right-wing politics.