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The Might and the Right: How Far Will Brazil’s Military Back Bolsonaro?
As momentum builds for impeaching President Jair Bolsonaro, he relies on the armed forces for support.
Will the generals stay the course?
Could they break with him, at peril to their institutional interests?
These questions, crucial to Brazilian politics, have no obvious answer.
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