Here Are 4 Terrifying Examples of a Post-Coup Brazil Future

Here Are 4 Terrifying Examples of a Post-Coup Brazil Future



Interim President Temer has already shown his true intended policies | Photo: Reuters

Published 27 August 2016

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The fate of suspended President Dilma Rousseff lies in the hands of the Senate, which will vote Tuesday on whether to permanently oust her from office over allegations of mishandling the fiscal budget prior to re-election. Brazil’s Senate began proceedings against Rousseff on Thursday, a trial that has widely been condemned as a parliamentary coup.

If the impeachment is approved, Senate-imposed interim President Michel Temer will be installed until 2018. For Brazil's left, the interim Temer administration has made its plans heard loud and clear: roll back economic, social and political rights and empower the nation's oligarchy.

But Temer's government is clearly waiting in the wings for the Senate to permanently oust Rousseff before formally announcing cuts to key social programs and ultimately impose neoliberalism.

Temer’s interim government will face a budget deficit. In June, GDP shrunk for a fifth consecutive year as South America's largest nation continues to suffer from recession. In the midst of widespread protests against corruption and the millions spent on the Olympic Games, social programs have taken the strongest hits.

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