Temer acting president of Brazil after a 55/22 Senate vote to impeach Rousseff

Thursday, May 12th 2016 - 17:37 UTC

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After 20 hours of debate, a clear majority in the Brazilian Senate voted on early Thursday morning to suspend Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, an action that removes her temporarily from office and sees her replaced by interim vice-president Michel Temer during her impeachment trial, which in 180 days could see her successor become full president until January 2019. Read full article

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Enrique Massot
Anybody can realize what the crux of the matter is when learning how several of the senators voting for Roussef's impeachment are themselves--including Temer--under corruption charges, similarly to Argentina's president Macri, who campaigned on anti-corruption propaganda an is now being investigated for off-shore accounts he forgot to mention when he was head of the Buenos Aires government.
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Terence Hill
Incidentally, Brasil's new president #Temer was an embassy informant for US intelligence, military
https://t.co/3l2eUdiqvy pic.twitter.com/IUuUgHYd1e
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) May 13, 2016
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