但国内政治让糟糕的情况大大恶化了；事实上，今年经济复苏的最大障碍是国有石油巨头巴西石油（Petrobras）大规模腐败丑闻。
But domestic politics has made a bad situation much worse; indeed, the biggest obstacle to economic recovery this year came in the form of a massive corruption scandal at the state-owned oil giant Petrobras.