He spoke as he joined in a demonstration against Temer in Sao Paulo on Tuesday. “We are hoping to reverse, so we are fighting”. Since then, the equally unpopular Michel Temer has led the country.
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Brazil’s embattled President has received global support.
They blamed Rousseff’s decisions for the current state of the Brazilian economy: Brazil is now facing a recession with no end in sight, and unemployment and inflation are on the rise.
In a session that lasted almost 15 hours, senators early Wednesday indicted her and voted to put Rousseff on trial in what will be the final stage of an impeachment process which began last May. The trial is expected to begin in late August or early September. After Rousseff was suspended from office. The Senate, which supported the move 59 to 21, could permanently remove the left-wing Rousseff fromoffice. The Brazilian budget watchdog, according to the Financial Times, argues that the practice amounted to receiving loans for the government from the state banks, which is illegal.
Rousseff has consistently denied any wrongdoing and denounced the impeachment trial as a coup.
“After suspending Brazil’s first female president on dubious grounds, without a mandate to govern, the new interim government abolished the ministry of women, racial equality, and human rights”.
Rousseff, who was suspended in May, was accused of breaking the budget law.
Temer also faces allegations of corruption and bribery, brought forward by the ex-president of Petrobras’ transport division Transpetro, Sergio Machado, who has been giving plea bargain evidence to prosecutors in the Car Wash investigation.
At the Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, Temer drew boos from the crowds as he declared the games open. Rousseff has said she plans to publish in the coming days a “letter to the Brazilian people”. So dubious is Temer’s standing that, as AP reported last month, many world leaders are avoiding the Rio Olympics so as to avoid the quandary of whether to shake his hand.
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However, a Brazilian federal judge has ordered the Rio Olympic Committee to allow peaceful protests inside the sporting venues.
