New York Times: In Nationwide Protests, Angry Brazilians Call for Ouster of President
RIO DE JANEIRO — Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in cities across Brazil on Sunday to express their ire at President Dilma Rousseff, raising pressure on her as she grapples with an onslaught of challenges including an economy mired in stagnation, a sweeping bribery scandal and a revolt by some of the most powerful figures in her governing coalition.
The protests, organized to coincide with commemorations of the re-establishment of democracy 30 years ago after a long military dictatorship, reflect rising disenchantment with Ms. Rousseff after former executives at Petrobras, the national oil company, revealed an elaborate scheme in which they said they channeled huge bribes from contractors to Ms. Rousseff’s 2010 election campaign, in addition to enriching themselves and legislators supporting her.
More News On The Growing Political Crisis In Brazil
Big protests in Brazil demand President Rousseff's impeachment -- BBC
Nearly a million protest Brazil's president, economy, corruption -- Reuters
Brazil protesters demand president's impeachment -- CBS/AP
Protesters demand President's ouster in Brazil, decry corruption -- CNN
Mass Protests Across Brazil Reflect Anger at President -- WSJ
Brazilians call for Rousseff's ouster -- Deutsche Welle
2 Million Brazilians Call for Impeachment of Leftist Leader -- Epoch Times
Brazil Protests: More Than 1M Demonstrate, Demand Impeachment Of President Dilma Rousseff -- IBTimes
Hundreds of Thousands March Against Brazilian President -- Latin American Herald Tribune
3 comments:
Makes one miss Lula da Silva's immaculate image...
But isn't Dilma of the same governing party as da Silva?
If he had stayed longer in office maybe we would have the same level of corruption.
You can't switch back and forth between parties and expect that to get rid of corruption either. People in both parties eventually figure out how to game the system.
da Silva is probably lucky that he got out when the getting was good. Luis people were knew and had been around long enough to be tempted or to get caught. By the time Dilma comes around the venality of some has come to the fore and they have learned to temporarily hide their shenanigans from her and others.
Learning Marxist theory has to be more important than learning accounting and auditing.
Did da Silva do anything different than Dilma when it cam to rooting out corruption. Did he back his prosecutors more?
It was a nice country under the dictatorship.
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