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October 21, 2012

LA Times: Brazil's evangelical churches rewrite the rules of politics

by Vincent Bevins
The Los Angeles Times

SAO PAULO, Brazil — As euphoric rock music played, dozens of men in suits swarmed the aisles with hand-held credit card machines to take donations from the faithful.

The pastor smiled at the crowd in the downtown headquarters of the mega-church and, as cameras rolled, belted out: "We all voted already, right? Who voted today?"

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