An alderman causes great controversy by marrying a 16-year-old girl and hiring his mother-in-law in a case that puts the focus on a widespread phenomenon. Last year, Brazilian notaries registered 12,509 marriages in which at least one spouse was 16 or 17 years old.
That's 34 teenage brides every day. The scandal was served, but surprisingly – or not – outraged more by the flank of nepotism than by the abysmal age difference between the couple.