Political environment

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 01 Dec 2016 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

​By majority vote, the Federal Supreme Court decided to accept the accusation against the president of the Senate, Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL). This represents a tough defeat for the senator. Despite the fact that the end-of-year parliamentary recess is only three weeks away, there may be pressure from public opinion, and other senators, for him to step down. Renan may be targeted by the protests scheduled for this Sunday.

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