Brazil Fizzles Again: the Capitalist Rot at the Heart of Brazilian Football
Why Brazil’s earliest World Cup exit in 36 years surprises few. After years of waiting for a small lawsuit from a car accident to settle, I moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1991. I had never visited Brazil…
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