Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's Impeachment = Complete Reversal of Democracy

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72. In Post-Olympics Brazil, a Political Coup is No Game

In Post-Olympics Brazil, a Political Coup is No Game
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan

The Olympic torch in Rio de Janeiro has been extinguished, and the global spotlight has left Brazil. In the shadow of the games, an extraordinary event has taken place, largely ignored in the U.S. media: a coup d’etat against Brazil’s democratically elected president, Dilma Rousseff. Brazil is the fifth-most populous country in the world, with one of its largest economies. Like many Latin American nations, it suffered under a military dictatorship for decades, emerging as a young democracy only 30 years ago. This week’s coup was not carried out by the military, but by the Brazilian Senate. The effect is essentially the same: the president has been impeached, and an unpopular political opponent, Michel Temer, who represents that country’s wealthy elites, has assumed the presidency.

In 1964, the Brazilian military staged a coup against another democratically elected president. After the coup, Dilma Rousseff, as a young woman, joined an armed guerrilla group to fight against the military dictatorship. She was arrested in 1970, and repeatedly tortured during her more than two years of imprisonment. After her release, she remained politically active, but outside the armed resistance .......

.....the people of Brazil deserve a swift repudiation of this coup, by all governments, but most importantly by President Barack Obama and those presidential candidates who aspire to replace him.

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Cuba Condemns 'Coup D'Etat' Against Dilma Rousseff in Brazil

Cuba's government defended Brazil's left and its social gains, its fight to end poverty and push for Latin American integration.

The Cuban government "strongly rejects the parliamentary and judicial coup d’état perpetrated against President Dilma Rousseff," according to a statement published Wednesday by Cuba's Ministry of Foreign Relations.

"What happened in Brazil is another expression of the offensive of imperialist forces and the oligarchy against the revolutionary and progressive governments of Latin America and the Caribbean which threatens the peace and stability of nations," the statement said.

Cuba's government said the Senate's vote against Rousseff "is an act of defiance against the sovereign will of the people who voted for her." .......

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