http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20170508-160038 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/11967/ While in the USA money talks loud politically, in Brazil it must shut up Tourinho Leal, Saul eng 2015-11-30 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Brasilian Supreme Court Brazil Campaign Financing Citizens United US Supreme Court Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Brazil used to occupy global headlines with a virtuous cycle of a struggle against inequality combined with the eradication of extreme poverty and the establishment of a vast middle class. In doing so, the country personified the South American dream, namely material prosperity allied with social progress. Nonetheless, a couple of months ago, things changed dramatically. An endless economic crisis boosted by an unprecedented operation run by the Federal Police saw to it that numerous CEOs of multi-billion dollar companies were incarcerated. The common factor of these events: campaign donations. Propelled by this atmosphere, the Brazilian Supreme Court has handed down two recent decisions that impose a drastic end to a complex set of inconvenient relations maintained between the public and the private sector.