RIO DE JANEIRO: The jailing of Eduardo Cunha on corruption charges put one of Brazil’s most Machiavellian politicians out of play -- so why is the country’s elite so nervous about him?

Cunha was jailed Wednesday to await trial on charges of bribe taking, money laundering and stashing his illicit gains in Swiss accounts.

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