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• Wednesday, December 5th 2018 - 09:40 UTC

  Will Bolsonaro be able to overcome the traditional “horse trading” of Congress

  

  Traditionally leaders of Brazil have had to offer ministerial posts to allied parties to form a working majority in a Congress that has more than two dozen parties. But following years of corruption scandals that pummeled trust in Brazil’s political establishment, president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has chosen his cabinet ignoring powerful party bosses.