In Brazil’s upcoming municipal elections, centrist parties have taken the lead in over half of the country’s largest cities. The Union Brazil, PSD, and MDB parties are frontrunners in municipalities with more than 200,000 voters, according to recent polls. Political scientist Murilo Medeiros from the University of Brasília conducted a study called “The Electoral Strength […]
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