Over 800 Intellectuals and Academics Condemn Coup in Brazil
Over 800 Intellectuals and Academics Condemn Coup in Brazil
Published 16 May 2016 (4 hours 1 minutes ago)
Humanity Against the Coup in Brazil has said that the government of Michel Temer is illegitimate, and calls on UNASUR to suspend the coup against Dilma.
A group of over 800 international academics and intellectuals calling itself "Humanity Against the Coup in Brazil" released a statement Monday that condemns the ouster of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff by right-wing elements.
The statement says that Rousseff's ouster on May 11 is an "imposed coup d’etat by a questionable and corrupt Congress."
Many members of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, to which acting President Michel Temer belongs, have been involved in the most serious corruption scandal in Brazil's history, Operation Car Wash. The scandal involves hundreds of millions of dollars of money laundering and bribery surrounding the state-run Petrobras oil company.
Eduardo Cunha, the former speaker of Brazil's lower house, is one such member. He was charged with receiving over US$$40 million in bribes and obstructing an investigation into these allegations. Cunha was suspended on May 5, but not before providing leadership to the anti-Rousseff coup movement.
Rousseff was not implicated in the scandal, but suspended for allegedly using public funds to hide deficits in certain ministries.
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