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Judi Lynn

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Sun May 1, 2016, 06:24 PM May 2016

Brazil's embattled Dilma Rousseff vows more Brazil spending in appeal to base

May 2 2016 at 6:23 AM
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Brazil's embattled Dilma Rousseff vows more Brazil spending in appeal to base

President Dilma Rousseff promised increased spending on her party's most popular social program and other measures aimed at her electoral base, less than two weeks before Brazil's Senate is expected to vote in favour of the impeachment process she calls a coup d'etat.

At a rally of labour unions and Workers' Party faithful in Sao Paulo on Sunday, Rousseff announced tax cuts, more public housing units and an average 9 per cent increase in the cash transfer program known as Bolsa Familia, even as Brazil faces a record budget deficit. The May 1 rally, traditionally a celebration of worker rights and leftist policies, this year doubled as a protest against the drive toward impeachment approved by a wide margin in Brazil's lower house. The Senate vote May 11 on Rousseff's ouster.

"This coup isn't just an attack on democracy and my mandate, but also on the victories of the working class," Rousseff said. "I will resist. I will fight until the end."

Aides to Brazil's first woman leader concede it's all but inevitable the Senate will vote to temporarily remove her from office this month while the impeachment process plays out, handing power to Vice President Michel Temer. Rousseff's critics say Sunday's policy announcements are intended sabotage the transition and the government's budget, while her supporters say the moves are an extension of programs that reduced inequality in Latin America's biggest nation.

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Brazil's embattled Dilma Rousseff vows more Brazil spending in appeal to base (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2016 OP
International Workers' Day marches in Brazil turn into show of support for Rousseff Judi Lynn May 2016 #1
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Judi Lynn

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1. International Workers' Day marches in Brazil turn into show of support for Rousseff
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:21 PM
May 2016

International Workers' Day marches in Brazil turn into show of support for Rousseff

Source: Xinhua 2016-05-02 07:19:46

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Brazil's main cities on International Workers' Day in a show of support for the embattled President Dilma Rousseff.

Protests were seen in 16 of the country's 27 states, called by Central Union of Workers (CUT) and numerous other labor and left-wing organizations.

The city of Sao Paulo saw the largest march with around 100,000 people, according to organizers, in three separate marches.

Rousseff appeared at the CUT march in Sao Paulo, alongside the mayor of Sao Paulo, Fernando Haddad, and the president of the Workers' Party, Rui Falcao.

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-05/02/c_135327668.htm

Judi Lynn

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2. Rousseff rallies Brazil anti-impeachment crowd
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:40 PM
May 2016

Rousseff rallies Brazil anti-impeachment crowd

By Natalia RAMOS (AFP) 5 hours ago in Politics .

Brazil's embattled leftist President Dilma Rousseff vowed at a protest Sunday to go down fighting ahead of what could be her final full week in power before impeachment.

Thousands of people attended May Day rallies organized by labor unions in cities across Latin America's biggest country, with Rousseff telling a crowd in the financial powerhouse Sao Paulo that she would "fight to the end."

The traditional Labor Day celebrations were dominated by anger at the impeachment drive, described by Rousseff as a coup based on trumped up charges aimed at returning Brazil's center-right to power.

Rousseff, whose Workers' Party has held the presidency since 2003, told the Sao Paulo rally that opponents are "ripping up the constitution" and plotting to undo policies that seek to lift tens of millions of people from grinding poverty.

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http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/rousseff-rallies-brazil-anti-impeachment-crowd/article/464345#ixzz47SEplzkq

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