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Weekly Report - 18 February 2016 (WR-16-07)
BRAZIL: Rousseff plays stateswoman as impeachment threat recedes
Never let a crisis go to waste. President Dilma Rousseff, a micromanager at the best of times, is leading from the front in Brazil’s battle against the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. On 13 February she visited the community of Zeppelin, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, as part of the day of action against the mosquito. Sidelining her inept health minister, Marcelo Castro, she has led the reassurances to the international community that the Olympic Games will proceed as planned. Now, a number of events in the federal congress have ensured that the impeachment threat against her is receding, while the pressure is mounting on her nemesis, Eduardo Cunha.
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