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Montevideo, November 2nd 2024 - 16:26 UTC

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  • Wednesday, February 18th 2015 - 04:05 UTC

    Web-campaign to impeach Rousseff gains ground with 2million e-petitions

    Polls show 44% of Brazilians say Rousseff is doing a “bad” or “very bad” job, while 77% of interviews believe Rousseff was aware of Petrobras corruption.

    Calls are growing in Brazil to impeach President Dilma Rousseff over a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal involving the state-run oil giant Petrobras. While the country celebrates its annual Carnival, with the 2015 Samba Competition wrapping up in Rio de Janeiro, there has been a growing clamor on the web and in the streets, with millions of Brazilians asking for the impeachment of their president.