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Weekly Report - 07 January 2016 (WR-16-01)
BRAZIL: The war within the PMDB
The impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff will largely stand or fall on the attitude of the Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (PMDB), the largest party in the federal lower chamber of congress and the third-largest party in the senate. A fickle ally of the ruling Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), the PMDB is riven by splits and clashes between its biggest egos. Many of these divisions are coming to the surface ahead of the election of a new congressional leader in late February. Arguably the most significant of the party’s splits is between Renan Calheiros, the senate president who is perceived to be in Rousseff’s camp; and Michel Temer, Brazil’s vice-president, and Eduardo Cunha, the speaker of the lower chamber, who appear to be agitating for her impeachment.
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