Is Brazil a Democracy? Why?
Brazil is becoming less of a democracy as their government’s actions are not being held accountable by the citizens. “Since suffering an electoral defeat in 1994, The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) has not even fielded its own presidential candidate through open elections. Instead, they prefer to stockpile influence in Congress and local governments” (Friedman 2016). The PMDB has become the largest growing “catch-all parties” in Brazil, aiming to focus solely on government representatives to establish big policy ideas and coherent agendas for their country. They practice the politics of a patronage system in the form of government jobs taking control over public contracts. “Pemedebismo has become the
Brazil is becoming less of a democracy as their government’s actions are not being held accountable by the citizens. “Since suffering an electoral defeat in 1994, The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) has not even fielded its own presidential candidate through open elections. Instead, they prefer to stockpile influence in Congress and local governments” (Friedman 2016). The PMDB has become the largest growing “catch-all parties” in Brazil, aiming to focus solely on government representatives to establish big policy ideas and coherent agendas for their country. They practice the politics of a patronage system in the form of government jobs taking control over public contracts. “Pemedebismo has become the