Tag: Dilma Roussef impeachment

• 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.

• Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 11:00 UTC

  Rousseff avoids the word 'coup' at the UN, but admits the grave moment Brazil is undergoing

  

  With the prospect of an impeachment trial that can have her out of office next May, Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff appealed for international support on Friday during a visit to New York, broadcasting her claims that the campaign to oust her from office was little more than a coup d’état.

• Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 10:51 UTC

  Rousseff's bid for international support backfiring

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff from New York accused her political opponents as “coup mongers” and “conspirators” and insisted she would fight to the very end the impeachment process to remove her from office. But her attacks faced a solid defense in Brazil including from members of the Supreme Court who expressed concern the president was questioning Brazil's institutions before the world.

• 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.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2016 - 09:14 UTC

  Temer prepares to take over, but Rousseff followers pledge to fight in the Senate and in the streets

  

  Financial markets in Brazil, and globally, are betting that with the exit of president Dilma Rousseff, a more business friendly government will take over helping Latin America's largest economy to kick-start with vice-president Michel Temer, who apparently is working on a wide ranging 'national coalition' and 'salvation cabinet'.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2016 - 08:39 UTC

  Uruguay's ruling coalition backs Rousseff and condemns the 'new kind of coups' in the continent

  

  Uruguay's ruling coalition, Broad Front, came out strongly in support of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and condemned the “coup which is being instrumented against the head of state who was supported by 54 million votes in free, open democratic elections”.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2016 - 08:23 UTC

  Rousseff vows to fight impeachment 'to the very end' in the Senate, where she is short of ten votes

  

  Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff vowed on Monday to fight impeachment to the very end in the Senate after a Sunday heavy defeat in the lower house of Congress raised the likelihood of an end to her administration and 13 years of populist rule in Latin America's largest economy.

• Monday, April 18th 2016 - 17:34 UTC

  Rousseff loses crucial impeachment vote; Senate decides as economic uncertainty worsens

  

  President Dilma Rousseff lost a crucial impeachment vote in Brazil’s lower house on Sunday evening, making her removal ever more likely and deepening the country’s political crisis. Rousseff’s opponents easily obtained the two-thirds majority of votes in the 513-member Chamber of Deputies needed to pass the impeachment measure.

• Saturday, April 16th 2016 - 09:38 UTC

  Rousseff forced to cancel speech to the nation; defense with state resources argued the opposition

  

  Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff canceled a scheduled address to the nation on Friday night, ahead of a looming impeachment vote in the lower house of Congress. The lower house will vote Sunday on whether Rousseff should be impeached by the Senate for allegedly breaking financial laws.

• Saturday, April 16th 2016 - 08:45 UTC

  OAS chief meets Rousseff and disagrees with the impeachment process

  

  Brazilian president President Dilma Rousseff received on Friday in Brasilia the Organization of American States, (OAS), Secretary General Luis Almagro to discuss on the current situation in the country, some regional issues and the role played by OAS.