Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff impeachment

I have been following this process of impeachment of President Rousseff. I'm of the impression, she was targeted because of her involvement in BRICS and close ties with Russia and other Member Countries. As far as her acting duties as President of Brazil, without getting into a wide range of specifics, she was working towards development in Trade Agreements and economic reforms to enhance living conditions. Her impeachment makes no sense and I think they stacked the cards against her, without solid evidence?

The upper house of the Brazilian parliament will hold a vote on impeachment of country's suspended President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday morning, local media reported.

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Brazilian Senate to Hold Vote on Rousseff Impeachment on Wednesday Morning
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Brazil’s Supreme Court President Ricardo Lewandowski had held consultations with senators and was ready to schedule the special session for the vote on 11 a.m. local time (14:00 GMT), the Globo news portal reported on Tuesday.

The portal added that if 54 senators voted for the impeachment, Rousseff would be removed from office, otherwise the impeachment would be terminated and she would resume the presidency. In May, the upper house of the Brazilian parliament voted 55-22 to start impeachment proceedings against Rousseff after she was accused of concealing the country’s budget deficit ahead of the 2014 election. Rousseff regards the impeachment proceedings as an illegal coup attempt. Rousseff has been suspended from office for 180 days. Vice President Michel Temer has being fulfilling the functions of the presidency during that period.

In the wake of Dilma Rousseff's impeachment, Michel Temer has officially been sworn in as Brazil's new president.

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Michel Temer Sworn In as Brazil's President After Rousseff Impeachment
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Rousseff's vice president, Temer has served as acting president since May, when her impeachment indictment began. He will now serve as president through 2018.

The Brazilian Senate voted 61-20 to impeach Rousseff earlier on Wednesday, following three days of debate. The former president faced charges of corruption. She denied the accusations, calling them politically motivated. "These are pretexts to overthrow a legitimate government through an impeachment crime without responsibility," she said. "We are one step closer to a serious institutional breakdown. We are one step closer to achieving a real coup." While Rousseff could have been barred from seeking future public office for eight years according to Brazilian law, the Senate determined that she will maintain her political rights.

After voting to impeach President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday, a second vote in the Brazilian Senate has determined that Rousseff will be allowed to seek further political office.

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Despite Impeachment, Brazil's Rousseff Not Banned From Seeking Political Office
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According to Brazilian law, Rousseff could have been barred from serving in a public office for the next eight years. Two-thirds of the Senate had to vote in favor of banning Rousseff from political office in order for the measure to pass, but fell short. 42 senators voted to preserve her political rights, while 36 voted against. Three senators abstained.

Earlier on Wednesday, 61 senators voted to remove her from office, with only 20 senators voting against. Acting president Michel Temer will be sworn in as her replacement later on Wednesday. The Brazilian leader faced accusations of corruption, though she denied the charges, calling them politically motivated.

"These are pretexts to overthrow a legitimate government through an impeachment crime without criminal responsibility" she said. "We are one step closer to a serious institutoinal breakdown. We are one step closer to achieving a real coup."

A number of demonstrations were held during Rousseff's trial, with protesters showing their support for her administration.

The Brazilian Senate opened its impeachment trial against President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday, with Rousseff expected to take the stand on Monday.

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Powder Keg: Brazil Will 'Explode' if Dilma Rousseff is Kicked Out of Office
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Dr. Francisco Dominguez, head of the Latin American Studies department at Middlesex University, UK, told Radio Sputnik's Brian Becker that it is not yet clear whether the Senate will confirm the impeachment. According to recent reports, 48 out of 81 senators have declared publicly that they are in favor of impeaching the democratically-elected Rousseff, and 18 are said to be against. A vote to impeach by 54 senators is required to end Rousseff's political career. The uncertainty is primarily the result of pressure from the street and a mass movement in Brazil, Dominguez said. Rousseff is mobilizing, traveling around the country, staging rallies and garnering more support than she had when was a sitting president. "She is becoming extremely popular. Although she went down the polls at some point in past, now she has reinvigorated herself."

The senators face a problem, as many are known to be corrupt and, if they do not impeach Rousseff, they are likely to face charges and investigations, Dominguez said.

Moreover, Rousseff has said that she will initiate a general election to seek "new blood" in both the Congress and the Senate if she is reinstated.

"You can imagine the fright [of] the people who are in the position of privilege right now," Dominguez said.

Yet, if the enormously popular Rousseff is impeached, the current neoliberal interim government will find itself isolated, Dominguez said, as many countries "will come up and say they will not recognize the government coming out from this undemocratic process." Either way, Brazil is in for a rough ride.

[quote author= angelburst29]I have been following this process of impeachment of President Rousseff. I'm of the impression, she was targeted because of her involvement in BRICS and close ties with Russia and other Member Countries. As far as her acting duties as President of Brazil, without getting into a wide range of specifics, she was working towards development in Trade Agreements and economic reforms to enhance living conditions. Her impeachment makes no sense and I think they stacked the cards against her, without solid evidence?[/quote]

Yes, I believe so. She is a victim of the US global hybrid war like you suggested. Which is form of World War the US is waging against the world.

Brazil will now decline from its progressive policies.

I am not familiar with Brazil's power structure. But it seem that all the 'good-guys' are being cleansed in favor of a US puppet regime.

From what I have read, the population is equally divided on the issue. About half of them see it as a US coup. But the overall majority surely doesn't want this interim puppet president to be running the country :


‘US supports coup against suspended Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff… but not openly’
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/343046-brazil-wikileaks-president-temer/

The US is working behind the scenes to try and get a Brazilian government in power that is more like the governments prior to the Workers' Party, that is, more subordinate to their interests, Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research, told RT.

Brazil's interim president Michel Temer reportedly was an informant for US intelligence, according to the latest Wikileaks revelations. Moreover, he doesn't have much support in his home country where the latest polls show only two percent of the population would vote for him in a presidential election.

RT: What could be the consequences of this leak for the interim President Michel Temer?

Mark Weisbrot: Well, it is hard to say. This is a new government that is going to be or wants to be very close to the US. They want to appoint as Foreign Minister, Jose Serra, who ran for president in 2010 and he lost. But he ran on of the platform that was extremely close to US foreign policy. He criticized all of Brazil’s neighbors; accused Bolivia of encouraging drug trafficking; went after Venezuela. He criticized the previous government, the [Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s] government for trying to trying to arrange the nuclear fuel swap arrangement with Turkey and Iran – that was back in 2010. He was very much in line with US foreign policy in the region. This is the kind of foreign policy they want to put forward.

RT: Do you think the revelations can undermine Temer’s legitimacy?

MW: He doesn’t have a lot of legitimacy to begin with. He’s got something like 2 percent of the people who said they would vote for him. He is under investigation, like most of the members of Congress that are trying to get rid of the president. He is widely disliked and the whole process by which they are trying to remove the president is widely seen as unconstitutional.

RT: Can we expect any reaction from the US on this? Is it likely that Washington will support their former informant and his government?

The US is supporting them, but they are not doing it openly. For example, a few weeks ago the leader of the impeachment in the Senate, Aloysio Nunes, came to the US, met with a top official of the US State Department, Thomas Shannon, who has been involved in helping other coups in the region, including Honduras in 2009, the military coup, was very much involved in helping that coup succeed. He was also involved in the aftermath of the Paraguay coup in 2012, which is very much like this one with the government and the president in less than 48 hours.

Thomas Shannon is a person who is going to recommend to the government what to do. He is the number three person in the US State Department, and is a former Brazilian ambassador. He is definitely going to be deciding. He met with this leader of the impeachment process or the coup, and he didn’t have to do that. He could have said he was busy, anything. So, by meeting with him right in the midst of Dilma [Rousseff’s] impeachment, I think that was a way of showing everybody who is paying close attention that the US basically supports the coup. They are not going to say anything or do anything more than that, because they want to create the appearance of neutrality.

But it is very similar to what they did in Honduras at very first in 2009, when the military coup happened. The White House immediately issued a statement, which didn’t condemn the coup at all, unlike all the other countries. That was their way of telling everybody that they supported it, because in the 21st century they couldn’t say they supported a military coup. I think that they want to have this case to the pretense of neutrality. But everybody who is doing the actual coup knows, including the media – they are of course a big part of this effort - the US is on their side, and the US is going to try and get a government that is more like the governments prior to the Workers' Party, that is, more subordinate to their interests.

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[quote author= angelburst29]I have been following this process of impeachment of President Rousseff. I'm of the impression, she was targeted because of her involvement in BRICS and close ties with Russia and other Member Countries. As far as her acting duties as President of Brazil, without getting into a wide range of specifics, she was working towards development in Trade Agreements and economic reforms to enhance living conditions. Her impeachment makes no sense and I think they stacked the cards against her, without solid evidence?

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Yes, I believe so. She is a victim of the US global hybrid war like you suggested. Which is form of World War the US is waging against the world.

Brazil will now decline from its progressive policies.

I am not familiar with Brazil's power structure. But it seem that all the 'good-guys' are being cleansed in favor of a US puppet regime.

From what I have read, the population is equally divided on the issue. About half of them see it as a US coup. But the overall majority surely doesn't want this interim puppet president to be running the country :


‘US supports coup against suspended Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff… but not openly’
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/343046-brazil-wikileaks-president-temer/

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In São Paulo, the richest state here in Brazil, the population seems to be equally divided on the Impeachment issue, but in the poorer states and among the poorest Dilma had much sympathy, from what I could observe. It's Lula's legacy, for the most part, but people can also see that with Temer (now officially unelected president) many social initiatives and programs will be torn apart, as you said. It's almost palpable and already we see in the local media the push for those political and economic measures (as depicted happening the world over Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine) 'necessary' to get the country of the recession (caused by Dilma, they say) and on its feet again.

There were some articles on SOTT that explained the Hybrid War and its hyenas very well, and most were written by Pepe Escobar. Like this one:
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/340207-rousseff-brazil-impeachment-regime/

[quote author= latulipenoire]In São Paulo, the richest state here in Brazil, the population seems to be equally divided on the Impeachment issue, but in the poorer states and among the poorest Dilma had much sympathy, from what I could observe. It's Lula's legacy, for the most part, but people can also see that with Temer (now officially unelected president) many social initiatives and programs will be torn apart, as you said. It's almost palpable and already we see in the local media the push for those political and economic measures (as depicted happening the world over Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine) 'necessary' to get the country of the recession (caused by Dilma, they say) and on its feet again. [/quote]

I know the average Western leaders hang on 10% public support. But this guy's support is pretty non-existent. First day in office he was already threatening countries in the region that resists US dominance. Seems he really wants to sit on the big table. But he has to sacrifice Brazil to make that happen. Which he will without blinking.

I hope enough people revolt, parasites like that simply don't leave unless it is done by force.

Thanks for the article.

bjorn said:

[quote author= latulipenoire]In São Paulo, the richest state here in Brazil, the population seems to be equally divided on the Impeachment issue, but in the poorer states and among the poorest Dilma had much sympathy, from what I could observe. It's Lula's legacy, for the most part, but people can also see that with Temer (now officially unelected president) many social initiatives and programs will be torn apart, as you said. It's almost palpable and already we see in the local media the push for those political and economic measures (as depicted happening the world over Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine) 'necessary' to get the country of the recession (caused by Dilma, they say) and on its feet again.

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I know the average Western leaders hang on 10% public support. But this guy's support is pretty non-existent. First day in office he was already threatening countries in the region that resists US dominance. Seems he really wants to sit on the big table. But he has to sacrifice Brazil to make that happen. Which he will without blinking.

I hope enough people revolt, parasites like that simply don't leave unless it is done by force.

Thanks for the article.
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Been watching things in Brazil for sometime, and it's really so sad this political coup, and as usual not a word in the West other than bad Dilma for moving all that money around within government departments. Like you say, bjorn, this new guy will serve his purpose without blinking, and he will stay until those purposes are completed (which are chaotic and unending) or until he has outlived his purpose and is replaced.

Bolivia, Ecuador and Cuba have voiced strong opposition against Dilma's Impeachment. Although, I would imagine there's close communications with Dilma in the BRICS sphere, I haven't noticed any media coverage or any statements from China, India, South Africa or Russia on the Impeachment process? Brazil is an important ally in it's development and I don't see Temer "fitting in" due to his corrupt background. There may be formalities, where BRICS is concerned but I doubt - he will be brought into the inner circle?

BRICS has increased it's media coverage, as of the last month or so. In fact, they will be meeting in the Russian city of Vladivostok on Friday. I still wouldn't write Dilma off yet? What I expect to see, more media coverage of the corruption in the Government - starting with the Senators (connected to Big Business) that voted for this Impeachment?

More than half of Brazilian Senators spoke in favor of President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment on Wednesday with 61 Senators supporting the move and 10 opposing it. Vice President Michel Temer was confirmed as the country’s new President and will hold the post for the remaining two years and four months of Rousseff’s term.

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‘Blow to Democracy’: Latin America Reacts to Brazilian President’s Impeachment
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“This is a sad day in Brazilian history. I expect the new government to continue its attempts to criminalize our public movements and crack down on dissent. This is already happening now with police violently breaking up a pro-Dilma rally in São Paulo earlier this week,” Erik Bouzan, the leader of the Workers Party’s youth wing, told Sputnik. Louiz Araújo, President of the Party of Socialism and Freedom (Psol), warned about the dire consequences Dilma Rousseff’s ouster could have for Brazilians.

“First, this is a blow to our fragile democracy, which is largely formal and dependent on economic interests. Secondly, this means the end of a left government that hoped to govern by reconciling irreconcilable interests. And thirdly, our elite will use this to get rid of the hard-won civil rights enshrined in our 1988 Constitution,” Louiz Araújo said in an interview with Sputnik.

When asked about the chances of the Supreme Court revoking the Senate’s decision to impeach Rousseff, Cláudio Pinho, a law professor in Brasilia, said he doubted it.

“Save for just a few members of the Supreme Court, the prevailing tendency is to keep the Senators’ decision in place,” he said. Meanwhile, Dilma Rousseff’s leftist Latin American allies have lambasted the Brazilian Senators’ verdict. Bolivia and Ecuador said they were withdrawing their ambassadors and the Cuban Foreign Ministry condemned the move as a “parliamentary-judicial coup” against Rousseff. In Washington, State Department spokesman John Kirby said that the United States would continue its strong bilateral relations with Brazil.

Demonstrators protesting against the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff have clashed with police in the city of Sao Paulo, local media report.

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Anti-Impeachment Demonstrators Clash With Police in Brazil’s Sao Paulo
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The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) considers the Russian economy to be resilient with high potential for development in due time, NDB Vice President Zhu Xian told Sputnik on Thursday.

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BRICS Bank Considers Russian Economy Resilient With High Potential
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BRICS is an association of five developing economies, which comprises over one third of the world’s population. The five nations have a combined nominal GDP equivalent to approximately 20 percent of gross world product. “The business cycle plays an important role in reality of the Russian economy. So we should not be pessimistic about the Russian economy. I believe Russian economy is very resilient…. with a lot of potential [it may unlock] in a due time,” Zhu Xian said. The bank is also interested in infrastructure projects in the Russian Far East region that would contribute to the development of regional integration, such as the creation of a transport corridor or infrastructure development, Zhu Xian said.

According to Zhu, the bank will first check the viability of the project proposals after which it “will be happy to support them.” “We believe that the Far East Economy development is one of the priorities of Russia and we want to make some contribution as a new institution,” the NDB vice president said. Zhu added that he believed the region was attractive for neighboring countries such as China, Korea and Japan to launch regional integration processes.

Zhu’s statement comes ahead of the Eastern Economic Forum, set to open in the Russian city of Vladivostok on Friday. The forum, which is due to last through Saturday, is expected to attract some 2,500 participants, from countries including China, Japan, South Korea, India, Vietnam, Australia, the United States and Singapore. The NDB was established by BRICS member states in July 2014 to finance infrastructure and sustainable development projects both in BRICS and other developing countries.

The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) is interested in the Russian Railways' proposal to invest in Russia's first high-speed railway line between the cities of Moscow and Kazan, NDB Vice President Zhu Xian told Sputnik on Thursday.

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BRICS Bank Interested in Moscow-Kazan High-Speed Railway Line Project
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The meeting served as the starting point to develop early warning systems and to help each other in disaster management.

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BRICS Establishes Joint Task Force for Disaster Risk Management
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Moscow and the BRICS New Development Bank are in talks on issuing ruble-based bonds in Russia.

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BRICS New Development Bank, Moscow Discussing Ruble-Based Bonds
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Film festival is aimed at increasing people to people contact among the BRICS nations and also to award excellence in cinema.

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India Organizes First Ever BRICS Film Festival Ahead of Goa Summit
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BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) has begun operations in Shanghai, China's largest city, on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.

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BRICS New Development Bank Begins Operations in Shanghai - Reports
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It was maddening to see the success of the coup against Rousseff. The whole thing was an incredible farce, with deeply corrupt individuals heading the impeachment. And with Temer's incredible unpopularity, it looks like it'll be a rough road ahead.

I don't know what to think about the future of BRICS. I doubt Brazil's participation boils down to a simple withdrawal. Brazil's Central Banks committed to $10 billion to the BRICS bank in 2014, and there very well may be legal ties with their involvement. If Brazil has various legal ties, then the new coup leaders might make problems within BRICS. But it's hard to say at this point how things will unfold. The bottom-feeders who stole the presidential office have made it clear that they'll be puppets to the United States, so we can be fairly sure that whatever come about will not be good for the people of Brazil.

Dilma Rousseff’s supporters have prepared two appeals to the Supreme Federal Court.

Rousseff’s lawyers challenge impeachment decision at Supreme Federal Court
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The lawyers of Brazil’s ex-president Dilma Rousseff on Thursday challenged the impeachment decision at the country’s Supreme Federal Court, the Globu TV reported.

The lawyers’ chief argument is that the legal norms behind Rousseff’s impeachment were outdated and contradicted some paragraphs of Brazil’s fundamental law.

"Unlike the constitution of 1946, the 1988 Constitution does not classify violations concerning the storage and illegal use of state funds as crimes, which can lead to the loss of the mandate," the lawyers wrote in the appeal, the extracts of which have been published by Folha de S. Paulo newspaper on its website.

The defense lawyers have asked the Federal Senate (parliament’s upper house) to cancel the decision on Rousseff’s resignation and demanded a revote on the matter. As for Brazil’s new President Michel Temer, Rousseff’s lawyers insist that he return to his status of the acting head of state.

Lawyer Jose Eduardo Cardoso had announced his intention to appeal the impeachment a few days before Rousseff was voted out. He described Rousseff’s impeachment as a "parliamentary coup."

Brazil’s Federal Senate (parliament’s upper house) on Wednesday impeached President Dilma Rousseff by 61 votes against 20 without abstentions. Vice-President Michel Temer was sworn in as the country’s new president until the end of 2018.

The vote took place by open ballot, in which all the 81 senators without exception (no one was absent) had taken part.

Ousted Rousseff called on her supporters to fight against her impeachment after she had learnt about the senators’ decision on Wednesday.

"I am urging those who voted for me at the elections: ‘Do not give up your struggle’. I am calling on all of you to fight for the restoration of democracy," Rousseff said in her speech in the Brazilian capital. Once again, she described the impeachment as a state coup.

"This decision will go down in history as one of the greatest injustices. We are going to use all possible channels to challenge it," Rousseff stressed.

She added that 61 senators had taken upon themselves the right to change the will of 54.5 million Brazilian voters.

Alleged financial fraud during the first months of Rousseff’s second term in office is the impeachment supporters’ chief motive. Opponents are accusing Rousseff of signing several decrees on the allocation of state funds without prior consultations with parliament and delaying payments to state banks. The opposition considers it as an attempt to conceal the budget deficit.

On Wednesday, the Brazilian Senate supported the initiative of impeachment against President Dilma Rousseff.

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Moscow considers developments in Brazil country’s internal affair
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Moscow considers developments in Brazil the country’s internal affair and hopes that all processes there will take place within the constitutional framework, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday in connection with the decision to remove President Dilma Rousseff from her office.

"We reaffirm the immutability and consistency of our stance which we have stated before. What is happening in Brazil is this country’s internal affair," the ministry said. "It is imperative that all processes proceed strictly within the constitutional framework and conform with national legislation norms. We believe it is important to make sure that the course of events does not aggravate the rift in the society and a tough political standoff."

Moscow is interested in "a stable, democratic and dynamically developing Brazil playing an important role in the international arena," the Russian Foreign Ministry said. "For us, Brazil is an important foreign policy, trade and economic partner. We actively cooperate at the UN, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and the G20 Group, including in the process of preparing the upcoming summits of the last two associations in Hangzhou, China. Ties in technology, humanitarian and other areas are constructive as well."

Russia highly appreciates the significant contribution made by Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff in developing the Russian-Brazilian cooperation. "This being said, we note that Michel Temer, while serving as the country’s Vice President, actively worked as a co-chairman of the Russian-Brazilian High-Level Commission on Cooperation. We proceed from the assumption that the policy of progressive development of ties with Russia enjoys the support of a wide array of political forces in Brazil," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

"For our part, we will be working consistently to strengthen the Russian-Brazilian partnership and cooperation," the ministry added.

Brazil’s Senate earlier voted to impeach Rousseff. Michel Temer, the former Vice President, assumed office for a period until December 31, 2018.

Dilma Rousseff impeached
http://katehon.com/agenda/dilma-rousseff-impeached

The majority of the country's deputies voted for Rousseff’s removal from the post of president.

Long process
61 out of 81 senators for her impeachment. The procedure of impeachment itself was launched in December 2015. In April 2016, 367 (342 were necessary) deputies of the Lower House of Congress voted to impeach the president, which allowed the case to be transferred to the Senate. Impeachment then also won out in the Senate with 55 for and 22 against.

The trial was accompanied by scandals. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) withdrew from the coalition government, thereby significantly increasing the chances of President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment.

The problem
Rousseff was charged for the fact that the government supposedly supported her initiative in 2014-2015 by moving planned spending on social programs to the next financial period in order to improve performance indicators in the current one. This led to an increase in domestic public debt as the state program was paid for by private banks whose funds are constantly used by the government. Rousseff is also accused of involvement in corruption schemes surrounding the Petrobras state oil company. However, no evidence was provided on this account.

The interim president - A corrupt Mason
Now, presidential power belongs to Michel Temer, who served as Vice President since 2011.

But Temer himself is under investigation for the financing of his election campaign in 2014. Even if he will retain his post until 2018, Brazil will be immersed in chaos and political instability by the next two-year election cycle.

Loss of legal culture
It should be recalled that the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff took place in violation of existing legislation. According to the laws and constitution of the country, the president can be dismissed only for reasons of proven crime. On this basis, the supporters of the incumbent president declared a coup attempt at the expense of democratic legitimacy.

Who is behind this?
This situation is beneficial to the US, which will now be able to take advantage of Brazil’s economic weakness and begin to control the country through financial and economic mechanisms.

Washington has had enough of Brazil’s active participation in BRICS and the CELAC regional project, as they undermine US global hegemony.

Brazil’s Senate has voted to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office for manipulating the budget. It puts an end to the 13 years in power of her left-wing Workers’ Party.

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COUP AGAINST DEMOCRACY AS DILMA REMOVED IN RIGHT WING COUP D’ETAT, VENEZUELA AND EQUADOR SEVER DIPLOMATIC TIES
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Ms Rousseff had denied the charges. Sixty-one senators voted in favour of her dismissal and 20 against, meeting the two-thirds majority needed to remove her from the presidency.

Dilma Rousseff is the first head of state to be impeached for something that no one had ever used before because it was so patently bogus. But it appears her opposition had big brother U.S. on its side, and they have now sworn in their party’s man as president, and the corruption investigations involving them should come to a halt quite quickly.

If the Ukraine opposition had the political juice behind them, and the US it could go through the Poroshenko regime like a hot knife through butter. Why do I suspect that political gangsters around the world are looking to see if they can use this method to their benefit, or something similar?

The UN’s Mr. Ban ki-Moon has put his stamp of approval on it, welcoming the new political coup government into the fold. I am looking forward to not seeing him around anymore.

I never liked the way he made a mountain out of a molehill on some things, and then totally ignored things like the substantial state-sponsored terrorism members have engaged in, even among the Security Council members, without the UN ever uttering a word of protest… Jim W. Dean

Venezuela and Ecuador have announced that they are severing diplomatic ties with Brazil in response to the removal of Dilma Rousseff as the Latin American country’s president.

In a statement released on Wednesday, Caracas described Rousseff’s impeachment and ouster as a “parliamentary coup”, and said it “permanently” withdrew the Venezuelan ambassador “in order to safeguard international law and solidarity with the people of Brazil.”
Ecuador also recalled its envoy to Brazil and released a statement condemning the Brazilian Senate’s decision.

“Given these exceptional facts, the government of Ecuador has decided to call for consultations the charge d’affaires to the Republic of Brazil,” read the statement.

“These unfortunate events, unacceptable in the 21st century, pose a serious risk to the stability of our region and constitute a grave setback in the consolidation of democracy,” the Ecuadorian government added.

Meanwhile, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in a statement expressed hope that “under President Temer’s leadership, Brazil and the UN will continue their traditional close partnership.”

‘Coup against democracy’
Meanwhile, Michel Temer has been sworn in as the country’s president and is set to serve until the end of Rousseff’s term, which would have ended on January 1, 2019.

Earlier, Brazil’s Senate voted to remove Rousseff from office over her conviction of breaking fiscal rules in her management of the 2014 federal budget. Rousseff has denied the charges.

“They (Brazil’s Senate) have just impeached the first elected woman president of Brazil. There was no constitutional reason to do it. A coup was not done just to me, [but it was against] the party (Workers Party) and our party allies who have supported me,” she said.

“This was just the beginning of a coup that will indiscriminately beat back any progressive political organization – progressive and democratic,” she added.

Rousseff impeachment: A timeline
October 2015: Brazil’s top finance court says Russeff’s government borrowed billions illegally to offset the 2014 budget shortfall. An investigation opens into the allegations.

December 2015: Brazil’s National Congress approves to open an impeachment against the president.

April 2016: The lower house of Congress overwhelmingly votes to send the impeachment motion to the upper house, known as the Senate.

April 2016: Rousseff rejects the allegations and accuses her opponents of launching a “coup d’etat” against her.

May 2016: The Senate votes in favor of her impeachment. She is suspended.

June 2016: A team of independent auditors concludes there is no evidence that Rousseff participated in budget manipulation.

August 2016: The Senate votes to hold a final impeachment trial for Rousseff as Olympics games are underway in the South American country.

ADDITIONAL INFO ~
Michel Temer has been sworn in as president and will serve out Ms Rousseff’s term until 1 January 2019.

He asked his ministers to “vigorously defend” the government from accusations that Ms Rousseff’s dismissal amounted to a coup d’etat.

The dismissal of Ms Rousseff has caused a rift between Brazil and three left-wing South American governments that criticised the move later on Wednesday.

Brazil and Venezuela recalled each other’s ambassadors. Brazilian envoys to Bolivia and Ecuador have also been ordered home.

‘See you soon’
Ms Rousseff lost the impeachment battle but won a separate Senate vote that had sought to ban her from public office for eight years.

Pledging to appeal against her dismissal, she told her supporters: “I will not say goodbye to you. I am certain I can say: ‘See you soon.'”

She added: “They have convicted an innocent person and carried out a parliamentary coup.”

Anti-Temer demonstrations were held in many cities, including Brasilia.

Ms Rousseff was suspended in May after the Senate voted to go ahead with the impeachment process.

She was accused of moving funds between government budgets, which is illegal under Brazilian law.

Her critics said she was trying to plug deficit holes in popular social programmes to boost her chances of being re-elected in 2014.

Ms Rousseff fought the allegations, arguing that her right-wing rivals had been trying to remove her from office ever since her re-election.

•Born in 1947, 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 1964
•Detained in 1970 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 2003 to 2011
•Sworn in as Brazil’s first female president in 2011
•Re-elected to a second term in 2014
•Impeached on 31 August 2016

She said that she was being ousted because she had allowed a wide-ranging corruption investigation to go ahead, which resulted in many high-profile politicians being charged.

Didn't took long, US puppet government holds a bargain sale and the US will buy it all, no doubt. This new and self elected president who lingers on 2% of public support will make sure that Brazil will not get in the way of a Unipolar World dominated by the US.


Brazil starts privatization plan to revive economy
https://www.rt.com/business/359285-brasil-privatization-plan-economy/

The new government in Brazil has announced a multibillion dollar privatization plan in an attempt to pull the country’s economy out of the worst recession in eight decades.

It plans to auction off operating licenses for oil and gas, electricity and infrastructure projects.

Four airports in the cities of Porto Alegre, Salvador, Florianopolis and Fortaleza are expected to be sold by March, along with two port terminals.

The government aims to raise $24 billion from the concessions program, and will also offer contracts to private firms for a wide range of projects from building new roads to running mines.

The program includes the concession of an already built railway as well as the long-delayed auction of rights to oil fields and hydroelectric dams in the first and second half of 2017.

President Michel Temer, who took charge of the country two weeks ago following the impeachment of predecessor Dilma Rousseff, said the privatization plan will boost growth and jobs.

“We need to open up to the private sector because the state cannot do everything,” Temer told ministers.

The concessions will offer “realistic” rates of return and have guaranteed long-term financing from state banks or will be raised on capital markets through bond sales, said Wellington Moreira Franco, who is responsible for boosting private sector involvement in Brazil’s infrastructure.

“We will restore confidence by expanding the legal security for investors,” he said.

According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Brazil's economy contracted 3.8 percent in 2015, and is expected to shrink a further 4.3 percent this year. Unemployment in the country is in double digits and inflation is nearly 10 percent.