Fight Against Brazil Coup Is Now to Be 'Fire Against Fire'

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31. The Progressive: Brazil's Parliamentary Vote Is a Coup

Brazil's Parliamentary Vote Is a Coup
May 17, 2016 - Maria Luisa Mendonça

The ouster of Brazil President Dilma Rousseff from power, just weeks before that nation will host the Summer Olympic Games, smacks of abuse. Her impeachment is being used to distract voters from widespread corruption in the government, and from a power grab by right-wing politicians.

Rousseff is not facing any corruption charges. The basis for the impeachment is her use of a common financial mechanism of borrowing funds from public banks to cover social program expenses in the federal budget. Other national and local administrations have used this same tactic. If the same criteria were used against Brazil’s state governors, 16 of them would be facing impeachment today.

Mainstream media in Brazil has created the illusion that Rousseff’s removal from office was needed to solve corruption and an economic crisis. For more than a year, the main television networks called for demonstrations against the government and dedicated day after day of live coverage to them. ................