圣地亚哥—巴西人认为，巴西政治把他们甩在了身后：有一天，在任总统任命了一位受人欢迎的前总统进入内阁以使他免于被起诉，专家们马上宣布他已经掌控局面。
SANTIAGO – It was the kind of politics Brazilians thought they had left behind: One day the sitting president appoints a popular former president to her cabinet in order to save him from prosecution, and pundits are quick to conclude that he is in charge.