Around here Brazil they hand out cooking gas, dentures, fix potholes, throw parties for the local kids, and hang banners in the streets on special occasions with their picture and the words "Congressman So-and-so congratulates all mothers on Mother's Day." I think it's identical to any politician in Latin America; souvenirs just like yours, only stickers and t-shirts for the slaves who get paid to wear them and campaign—it's actually very common and normal.
Around here Brazil they hand out cooking gas, dentures, fix potholes, throw parties for the local kids, and hang banners in the streets on special occasions with their picture and the words "Congressman So-and-so congratulates all mothers on Mother's Day." I think it's identical to any politician in Latin America; souvenirs just like yours, only stickers and t-shirts for the slaves who get paid to wear them and campaign—it's actually very common and normal.