Impeachment Reaches the Senate Floor

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 10 May 2016 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

As expected, impeachment proceedings will move ahead tomorrow, Wednesday, May 11, after a very confusing Monday, which ended with interim Lower House President, Representative Waldir Maranhão, revoking his own call to annul impeachment sessions in the Lower House. The Senate is expected to approve the admissibility of the impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. The VP, Michel Temer, takes office temporarily and will implement sweeping changes to the ministerial cabinet. Henrique Meirelles, who will head the Ministry of Finance, announces a set of fiscal austerity and economic stimulus measures. Social movements promise intense mobilization.

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