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Weekly Report - 23 April 2015 (WR-15-16)
BRAZIL: FHC plays down impeachment idea
On 24 April, a small group of activists from the Movimento do Brasil Livre (MBL), one of the main groups organising the recent street protests in Brazil, will begin a long march, on foot, from São Paulo to Brasília. The libertarian group aims to spread their philosophy of economic liberalism through the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Goiás. But when they arrive in Brasília, their real task awaits: a rally to demand congress begin impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. While some opposition parties are openly seeking legal mechanisms to begin impeachment proceedings, the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB) is divided over the issue, with cooler heads, including that of former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-2003), urging caution.
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