Brazil’s Coalition Government On The Verge Of Breaking Apart

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (R) listens to Vice President Michel Temer during a ceremony for the launch of the National Plan for Export at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, June 24, 2015.

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Washington Post: Brazil’s coalition government may break apart in 30 days

BRASILIA — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s main coalition partner served notice Saturday that it could break from her embattled Workers’ Party government in 30 days and join opposition efforts to unseat the leftist leader.

At a rowdy convention of the fractious Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), leaders quashed a motion by irate delegates who wanted to quit Rousseff’s government immediately, before it goes down in a political storm over corruption and economic recession.

Instead, Brazil’s largest party agreed to leave it to the PMDB’s executive committee, ensuring unity behind party leader Michel Temer, who is Rousseff’s vice president.

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