Tag: Brazilian Democratic Movement (PMDB)

• Wednesday, August 31st 2016 - 20:29 UTC

  Brazil's political system confirms President Temer, removes 'outsider' Rousseff

  

  The Brazilian Senate on Wednesday midday impeached suspended president Dilma Rousseff, and removed her from office for the rest of her term, ending a power struggle that has consumed the nation for months but has not solved any of its mounting problems, rather the contrary. Vice-president and interim president Michel Temer will formally replace the first woman president of the country.

• Monday, May 30th 2016 - 09:36 UTC

  Suspended Rousseff claims tapes reveal her impeachment is meant to stop the Petrobras corruption probe

  

  Suspended President Dilma Rousseff said in an interview published Sunday that leaked audio recordings of men backing her impeachment show the effort to oust her is meant to stop a wide-ranging corruption probe that has implicated numerous leading Brazilian politicians and businessmen.

• Monday, May 16th 2016 - 06:01 UTC

  Brazil's Jewish community supports Temer; hopeful of normalization of relations with Israel

  

  The elevation of a centrist vice president, Michel Temer, as Brazil’s president amid the impeachment process of Dilma Rousseff is expected to result in a less strained relationship between Brazil and Israel, as well as its Jewish community, Jewish leaders in Sao Paulo said.

• Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 07:30 UTC

  Senate impeachment committee votes on Friday on Rousseff's political future

  

  The rapporteur of a Senate committee on impeachment issued a report Wednesday recommending that Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff be tried in the upper house for allegedly breaking budget laws.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2016 - 09:11 UTC

  Brazil's main opposition party divided on support to a possible Temer government

  

  Brazil's largest opposition party is divided over how strongly to back a new interim government if it succeeds in having President Dilma Rousseff stripped of office, as it eyes a run at the presidency in 2018, senior members said on Monday.

• Monday, April 25th 2016 - 06:05 UTC

  Meirelles mentioned as Finance minister in a Vice-president Temer administration

  

  If Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer takes power, former central bank President Henrique Meirelles would accept the position of finance minister under the condition he was given approval rights over members of the entire economic team, newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported on Sunday.

• Thursday, April 21st 2016 - 11:22 UTC

  Rousseff will claim before UN she is victim of a “coup d'état without weapons”

  

  Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will travel to New York in a bid to rally international support against her impeachment, leaving behind a Cabinet paralyzed by political crisis as another minister defected Wednesday.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2016 - 05:43 UTC

  Rousseff suffers another blow: the second major party of the coalition steps down

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s suffered another blow to her hopes of surviving impeachment three days ahead of a crucial vote in the full Lower House: the second major party withdrew from the ruling coalition.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 08:52 UTC

  Temer's national unity message: a blooper or anticipation of pos-Rousseff Brazil

  

  Brazil's vice president called for a government of national unity in a message that was released on Monday apparently by mistake, further complicating the political crisis and impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff.

• Monday, April 11th 2016 - 07:03 UTC

  Brazilians favor early elections if both Rousseff and Temer are impeached

  

  A smaller majority of Brazilians favor the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff compared to last month, while more than half want her immediate successor to be impeached too, according to a survey released on Saturday by polling firm Datafolha.