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Rousseff: Facing a perfect storm. Image source, EPA. It has been a sharp, quick decline for Ms Rousseff and the Brazilian economy. Could Rousseff be impeached? What has gone wrong in Brazil? Michel Temer: The man who now leads Brazil. Clean record. Image source, AP. Brazil's economic woes started in , when China began to decelerate and Brazilian commodities began losing value.
Economy, not corruption. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brazil political crisis: Why Dilma Rousseff faces impeachment calls. Creative accounting. Image source, Reuters. Billions have been stolen from state oil giant Petrobras by private construction firms and politicians. Rapid fall. Military dictatorship. The president's opponents say her handling of the economy has been highly controversial and less than stellar.
He noted she was the first president-elect not favored by the media, which uncovered corruption scandals tied to her staff and questioned her track record since she had not previously run for public office.
He echoed other speakers at recent events, saying that despite Rousseff's comfortable majority in the Congress, she face difficulties managing her diverse coalition. Wilson Center Brazil Institute Director Paulo Sotero said Rousseff's acceptance speech offered hints on how her government will deal with key issues such as commitment to human rights.
Will Rousseff continue Lula's policies? While Rousseff, as the government's candidate, represents continuity of the Lula administration, Christopher Garman, director of the Eurasia Group, described two different possible scenarios: The pessimists believe Rousseff is more to the left than Lula and will sustain fiscal expansion policies. The optimists expect the macroeconomic imbalances that occurred in Lula's second mandate will be eventually corrected.
The Brazil Institute will continue to hold meetings throughout the year to evaluate progress and discuss emerging challenges in the presidency of Dilma Rousseff. Read more. Close Search Search. Polar Perspectives No. January 3, Related Program.
Explore More. Previous Next. By Mykhailo Minakov on November 2, By Fredrick Ogenga on November 1, Ukraine Quarterly Digest: July—September By Andrian Prokip on October 8, By Larisa Deriglazova on October 7, Kennan Fellow Alla Leukavets. Read Daniel Gallas' analysis in full. But senators who voted in favour of her removal said it was Ms Rousseff and the Workers' Party who were corrupt and needed to go.
Mr Temer, who will govern until 1 January , has promised to boost Brazil's economy, which is going through its longest and deepest recession in the past quarter of a century. His critics have already warned that he plans to cut many of the popular social programmes introduced by the Workers' Party. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Dilma Rousseff: "There was no constitutional reason for the impeachment". How will history look back on impeachment? Brazil impeachment: Key questions What has gone wrong in Brazil? Image source, AP. Mr Temer arrived in the Congress two hours after the impeachment vote to be sworn in. Supporters of Ms Rousseff have held protests against acting president Michel Temer. Image source, AFP. Senators did not back a move to bar Ms Rousseff from public office for eight years.
Dilma Rousseff. Born in , grew up in an upper middle class household in Belo Horizonte Her father was Bulgarian immigrant and an ex-communist Joined left-wing movement against Brazil's military dictatorship which had seized power in Detained in and imprisoned for three years Subjected to torture including electric shocks for her role in the underground resistance Came to political prominence as the protege of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who governed Brazil from to Sworn in as Brazil's first female president in Re-elected to a second term in Impeached on 31 August
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