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Dilma Rousseff claims her downfall in Brazil is 'clearly' a 'coup' after leaked tape ensnares her critics
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of The Telegraph (One of the UK's leading newspapers)


The Telegraph (One of the UK's leading newspapers), May 24, 2016
Posted: May 29th, 2016
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/24/dilma-rousseff-cl...

Brazils suspended president has described the impeachment campaign as "more clearly than ever" a "coup" after leaked tapes suggested that her opponents were trying to remove her simply to halt a corruption probe. In only her second public appearance since being removed from office pending a trial, Dilma Rousseff responded to new evidence suggesting that the aim of the impeachment process is stifle a massive corruption inquiry, known as the Car Wash probe. Leaked tapes appear to show Romero Juc, the planning minister in the new government, discussing the impeachment process as a way of stopping the Car Wash inquiry into corruption at Petrobras, the state oil company ... which has implicated dozens of politicians. In the conversation, Mr Juc appears to agree that there has to be an impeachment to halt the probe. Mr Juc has also been suspended from office. The revelations boosted Ms Rousseffs Workers Party, or PT, which has repeatedly described the campaign to oust her as a coup. Ricardo Berzoini, a senior member of Ms Rousseffs cabinet, said the revelation of the tapes demonstrates the real reason for the coup against democracy. Mr Berzoini added: The goal is to stop the Car Wash investigation and sweep the investigation under the rug. The Brazilian people have a right to know everything about these recordings. We cannot allow a dialogue like this to not be investigated thoroughly.

Note: This coup is reportedly handing literal control of Brazil's economy to Goldman Sachs and bank industry lobbyists. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on corruption in government and in the corporate world.


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