Fernando Rodrigues, Class of 2008, assembled a database with some 25,000 records of Brazilian politicians showing electoral information and personal data — including the list of personal assets of each politician who run for office in the three past general elections in Brazil.

Through this Web site, voters can check whether a particular politician has increased his patrimony in a compatible way with the declared income. The database has also been an endless source of news stories for media outlets all over Brazil.

• Watch a video of Rodrigues’ presentation at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard
• Read Ethan Zuckerman’s blog entry detailing Rodrigues’ project