Tan pronto las campanas del Senado anunciaron la suspensión de Dilma Rousseff del cargo de Presidenta, el 14 de mayo, Michel Temer prometió mejorar la gobernabilidad; entiéndase, la interlocución entre el Gobierno y el Congreso, con el fin de superar la crisis política que paralizara el país desde el 2015.
Just as the political crisis in Brazil heads toward the final Senate vote on the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, Brazilians have turned their attention to the XXI Olympiad that began on August 5 in Rio de Janeiro.
In addition to bringing in an all-white male cabinet, Brazilian interim president Michel Temer has made his priorities clear as he downgrades the importance of human rights and looks to end constitutional spending requirements on health and education.
John Oliver’s latest episode offers his take on what is going on behind all of the headlines coming out of Brazil.
As this crisis unfolds, it becomes clear that president Dilma Rousseff seems to behave more like a losing goalie – making futile attempts to shield her team, and the little that remains of her government’s viability – than like the president which Brazilians vested with trust, and legitimacy to “lead” in 2011.
Together with the current economic recession, a hovering corruption scandal, a potential presidential impeachment and now the WHO declaration of a global emergency over the Zika virus, Brazil seems to be taking more than it can handle.