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Weekly Report - 25 June 2015 (WR-15-25)

BRAZIL: Lula launches his own cultural revolution

The latest Datafolha poll makes for grim reading for Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff. Just 10% of the 2,840 voters consulted considered her performance ‘good’ or ‘excellent’. Sixty-five per cent thought it 'bad' or 'terrible'. This is the second worst result for a Brazilian president since 1985, surpassed only by Fernando Collor’s 69% rejection rate in the days just preceding his impeachment. A majority (53%) of those polled believe that the country’s economic situation will deteriorate, while over 70% think that both unemployment and inflation will rise. If Rousseff’s approval ratings were not worrisome enough, former president Lula da Silva (2003-2010), has chosen this moment to begin publicly excoriating his former protégé.

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