Feb 8th 2007 - From The Economist print edition
IT MAY be one of the world's largest and most unruly legislatures, but presiding over the lower chamber of Brazil's Congress is a powerful and much-prized job. On February 1st, after a bitter campaign, in which three candidates variously invoked the heroes of Brazilian independence, famous abolitionists and Moses, the post went to Arlindo Chinaglia, a congressmen from the ruling Workers' Party (PT). History, having been invoked, will judge him on whether he restores the institution's reputation, which is at rock bottom.…
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