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Her comparison with the military tribunals that condemned her to prison more than 40 years ago was in keeping with the suspended president’s consistent claim throughout the nearly 10-month impeachment debate that she is the victim of a coup.
the protracted political trial has paralysed government, overshadowed the buildup to the Olympics, and undermined efforts to reverse the alarming decline of Latin America’s biggest economy.
Opponents, however, used the question-and-answer session to assert their claim that Rousseff is undergoing a constitutionally approved trial overseen by the supreme court to assess whether she committed a “crime of responsibility” by putty-filling government accounts ahead of the last election.
Although many Brazilians are tired of the squabbles in Brasília, historians are likely to look back on today’s session in the senate as a key moment in the ousting of the Workers’ party, which is about to be thrown out of power despite never losing a presidential election since 2002.
originally posted by: Zcustosmorum
She was twice elected by the people of Brazil and denies the allegations. Very worrying for democracy in Brazil:
theintercept.com...
www.rt.com...
originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: Zcustosmorum
She was twice elected by the people of Brazil and denies the allegations. Very worrying for democracy in Brazil:
theintercept.com...
www.rt.com...
It is and it doesn't even look like the process is legal. It looks like a power grab from the political party that has lost several elctions in a row. Unelected people from the opposing party have taken power.
originally posted by: Misterlondon
Let's hope America's one gets impeached before she gets made president. .
To be honest we all know that's not gonna happen
originally posted by: Zcustosmorum
She was twice elected by the people of Brazil and denies the allegations. Very worrying for democracy in Brazil
originally posted by: Puppylove
The Olympics were good? The Olympics set the Brazilian people back economically 30 years. The people were taxed up the ass to pay for it, many were forced out of their homes to make room for the Olympics forced to live in poorer neighborhoods.