Brazil\u27s Olympic-Era Anti-Corruption Reforms

A country once renowned for glorifying corruption now leads what may be the furthest-reaching anti-corruption investigation in history. Brazil, once typified by its Brazilian jeitinho way of creatively navigating social problems,\u27 now executes Operation Car Wash, bringing down political and business leaders by the dozens. So too has Brazil\u27s Congress adopted a series of dramatic, and effective, new anti-corruption laws, in response to public outcries for reform. It is deeply ironic, but not at all coincidental, that Brazil concurrently hosted the Summer Olympics. This paper chronicles the extraordinary series of events that connect - in a line that is straight but certainly not obvious - Brazil\u27s modern anti-corruption movement with its hosting of the 2016 Summer Games