Secret recordings may be Brazilian democracy’s best hope — but also a growing problem

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Late one night in March, Brazilian President Michel Temer met one of his country’s most powerful businessmen, Joesley Batista, owner of the world’s largest meat-processing company. What Temer didn’t know was that Batista was wearing a recording device. Batista, a target of Brazil’s massive corruption probe, was in the midst of […]

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