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malaise

(268,845 posts)
5. You should care - what went down was unconstitutional
Mon May 9, 2016, 07:08 PM
May 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/09/brazil-dilma-rousseff-impeachment-vote-annulled
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Brazil’s political tumult has descended into farce after a little-known and newly appointed lower house speaker proclaimed the annulment of last month’s impeachment vote against Dilma Rousseff.

The surprise move – which was immediately challenged by senior figures in the senate – provided an absurd twist in the country’s ongoing political drama that would stretch the credibility of a House of Cards plot.

Just days before the senate was expected to adopt the motion and suspend the president, Waldir Maranhão – who took over as acting speaker last week – appeared to have thrown Rousseff a lifeline by saying the vote needed to be rerun due to procedural flaws.

The Workers’ party leader was crushed in a boisterous and sometimes bizarre lower house impeachment
vote on 17 April when more than two-thirds of deputies agreed that she should be removed from office for whitewashing government accounts with money borrowed from state banks ahead of her 2014 re-election campaign.

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The word is bizzare - it was a parliamentary coup that has nothing to do with the Constitution.
To tell you the truth... i just don't care.....maybe they will finally.... clarice May 2016 #1
The lean toward socialism truebluegreen May 2016 #2
Socialism in Brazil? AgingAmerican May 2016 #4
It is also racist to the core n/t malaise May 2016 #6
Yep that was very apparent AgingAmerican May 2016 #7
Neo-liberalism on steroids malaise May 2016 #9
From one Favela we overlooked a very rich area with skyscrapers and lakes, beaches AgingAmerican May 2016 #10
It's a fugging mess malaise May 2016 #11
I'm glad that never happens here! ghostsinthemachine May 2016 #12
Hehehehehhe malaise May 2016 #15
Meth is a terrible drug. Katashi_itto May 2016 #17
I believe you are on the wrong website. roody May 2016 #24
I am uncertain but watch Latin America faithfully. PufPuf23 May 2016 #3
FIFA and the IOC aren't democracies jberryhill May 2016 #26
You should care - what went down was unconstitutional malaise May 2016 #5
Yes, you should care. Meldread May 2016 #8
What is their income? Control of natural resources? ghostsinthemachine May 2016 #13
My Volkswagen was made in Brasil. roody May 2016 #14
Mostly, the made a lot of components for VW Brother Buzz May 2016 #23
The same thing that's up with most countries the world over: Act_of_Reparation May 2016 #16
New news. Impeachment to proceed ghostsinthemachine May 2016 #18
What was the IOC thinking when they picked Rio? maryellen99 May 2016 #19
Other than killer mosquitos, killer water, killer crime, and widespread corruption... FrodosPet May 2016 #20
They do have a city that they can use if they have to pull a bid-Los Angeles. maryellen99 May 2016 #21
Yep, only place that could pull it off ghostsinthemachine May 2016 #22
They were thinking "there's enough money in that suitcase... jberryhill May 2016 #27
I don't know but... moondust May 2016 #25
Yep, the plunderers are in charge ghostsinthemachine May 2016 #28
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