The Real Problem With Dilma Rousseff’s Impeachment

Scoundrel Time

The impeachment process isn’t over, but the shape of things to come looks bad for Brazil’s female and black majorities.

Published May 12 2016 6:30PM EDT

articles/2016/05/12/dumping-dilma-brazil-gets-all-male-all-white-government/160512-rigby-brazil-dilma-tease_ywrtqd — Adriano Machado/Reuters

SÃO PAULO — Following a long night in the Brazilian Senate, where the House voted 55 to 22 to subject President Dilma Rousseff to an impeachment process, Brazil awoke today to a new interim president, former Vice President Michel Temer—and to what critics are heralding as a new phase in...

Claire Rigby

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The Real Problem With Dilma Rousseff’s Impeachment

The impeachment process isn’t over, but the shape of things to come looks bad for Brazil’s female and black majorities.

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Claire Rigby