BRASÍLIA—It was meant to be a congressional debate about Brazil’s most important economic reform in recent history. It resembled a drunken bar brawl. The dust-up involving Economy Minister Paulo Guedes and opposition lawmaker Zeca Dirceu fueled doubts about the government’s ability to get Congress behind a sweeping pension reform, which investors see as necessary to keep Brazil’s growing debt from spiraling out of control.

Source: Wall Street Journal April 06, 2019 16:07 UTC