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Andy Robinson
Andy Robinson is a reporter for the Barcelona daily La Vanguardia. Now on assignment in Latin America, he is the author of the book Un Reportero en la Montaña Mágica, on Davos and inequality.
Sunday’s election was, above all, a vote to punish the established parties, in a country where corruption has enriched a tiny elite and left half the population in poverty.
President Dilma Rousseff is facing an impeachment drive, a tanking economy—and grassroots party activists furious at her austerity policies and pro-corporate development strategy.
Left-right divisions, amid continuing public anger at government austerity and corruption, have stymied unity in both the anti- and pro-independence camps.
