I did not down vote this or the other comment, but I disagree that Brazil is a democracy. It's at best a polyarchy, and is probably just an oligarchy. The votin

I did not down vote this or the other comment, but I disagree that Brazil is a democracy. It's at best a polyarchy, and is probably just an oligarchy. The voting component is a veneer of democracy to make enough of the citizenry seem essentially complicit with the bad ideas of the leaders.