BRAZIL PRESIDENT'S FUTURE IN DOUBT AFTER IMPEACHMENT VOTE

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AP:

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- President Dilma Rousseff on Monday appeared on the verge of losing office after a congressional vote to impeach her and signs suggested only tenuous support for her in the Senate, which will decide whether to remove her amid a political and economic crisis.

 

The 367-137 lower house vote in favor of impeachment late Sunday sent the issue to the Senate, where 45 of the 81 senators have indicated they will vote to hold an impeachment trial, according to local reports.

 

If a majority of senators vote to put Rousseff on trial, she would be suspended while Vice President Michel Temer temporarily took over.

 

Under the complicated guidelines of the impeachment process, it could be a little more than 10 days until that vote is cast and a minimum of 40 days until the Rousseff's fate is decided. However, the speed of the process also depends on the political will of Senate leader Renan Calheiros, who could potentially drag the eventual trial and final vote out for months.

 

Speaking at a news conference Monday, Rousseff said she would not be stepping down.

 

"I have the energy, strength and courage to confront this injustice," she said, while also accusing Temer of conspiring against her.

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Explaining Brazil’s Impeachment Crisis

Jon Gabriel, Ed / .April 19, 2016 / 6 COMMENTS

Rio de Janeiro demonstration against the government, the President Dilma Rousseff, ex-president Lula and corruption. Catarina Belova /Shutterstock.com

 

On Sunday, the lower house of Brazil’s legislature voted to impeach President Dilma Rousseff. The measure now moves to the Senate which will decide in the next few weeks whether to vote on impeachment. So, why did this happen and what’s next?

 

Rousseff has been Brazil’s president since 2011, continuing the leadership of the socialist Workers’ Party of her predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who took office in 2003. But whenever government strongly colludes with business, corruption scandals are sure to follow.

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Is Laissez-Faire Too Radical for Brazilians?

 

10 HOURS AGO Bruno Gonçalves Rosi

Following some months of political indecision, it seems impossible to reverse the movement toward the impeachment of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff. Despite expected criticism from her political support group, the impeachment process goes according to Brazilian law and Dilma’s position becomes ever more indefensible as new evidences of corruption surrounding her and her government arise. But as I wrote some months ago, it is not clear that removing the president can lead the country to really pro-market policies. Many of the politicians who voted Rousseff out in the House of Representatives are themselves accused of corruption. This in no way casts doubt on the legality of the impeachment process (as Dilma’s supporters claim), but shows the difficulties Brazil will still have, even without Rousseff in office.

 

Rousseff and her mentor, Lula da Silva, are the first left-wing presidents in Brazilian history. As Ludwig von Mises noticed long ago (and as empirical evidence has confirmed), interventionist governments cannot help but to grow the state continually. And with a bigger state, the greater are the chances of corruption.

https://mises.org/blog/laissez-faire-too-radical-brazilians

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Impeachment Goes Full Brazilian

Posted on August 16, 2016 by The Political Hat

Despite legal shenanigans by the Brazilian Supreme Court, the Brazilian Senate, previously having voted to suspend President Dilma Rousseff by a 55-22 vote, has now voted to formally indict her and begin an impeachment trial by a vote of 59-21.

 

“Brazil’s Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws and to begin an impeachment trial that is expected to oust her from office and end 13 years of rule by the Workers Party.

 

“With the eyes of the world on the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, senators in the capital Brasilia voted 59-21 against the suspended leftist leader in a raucous, 16-hour session that began on Tuesday. http://politicalhat.com/2016/08/16/impeachment-goes-full-brazilian/