With widespread panic over the Zika virus gripping the country, it feels as if Brazil's political difficulties have simply drifted away. But trouble simmers just below the surface, awaiting an inevitable later shift in the public's focus back to old worries. Fallout from the corruption scandal surrounding state oil firm Petrobras continues to edge closer to those at the highest levels of power, while impeachment proceedings still cloud President Dilma Rousseff's political future and Brazil's economy continues to weaken.
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