Why is the crisis in Brazil is important?

The ruling coalition fell apart, the president threatens to impeachment. Explain in six paragraphs

A protracted economic crisis in Brazil against the backdrop of a large corruption scandal grew into a political one. Demonstrations against President Dilma Rusef continue in the country, the parliament threatens her with impeachment, the ruling coalition broke up. Medusa briefly tells what is happening in one of the largest states in the world.

In Brazil - an economic crisis. In the early 2000s, it was believed that the BRIK-Brazil, Russia, India and China were pulled on the world economy. By the middle of the next decade, economists hope only for India - China's GDP growth slows down, Russia has made a bet on isolation. The situation in Brazil is almost worse than all of the BRIC countries - there the recession has been going on for two years. The drop in raw materials, of course, played a role, but it is important that the government did not act in the most deliberate way - it gained loans for expensive projects, which ultimately hit the local currency and led to inflation. The Bloomberg estimates , the current crisis is the worst in Brazil over the past 100 years.

Brazilian leaders were drawn into the largest corruption scandal. Since mid -2013, the Petrobras case is gaining momentum. Petrobras is a state energy corporation, the largest in the country and one of the largest in the world. The damage caused by the economy as a result of the corruption scheme is calculated by billions of dollars ( according to Mercopress - 5.3 billion). A significant part of the Brazilian political and business elite - representatives of leading parties, the heads of the largest construction companies, senior officials (in detail about the scandal can be read here ) was involved in the scandal. Despite the fact that corruption for Brazil is a familiar phenomenon, in combination with a deep economic crisis, the Petrobras case has angry a significant part of the country's population.

The president was substituted, trying to save from the persecution of her predecessor. Until some point, dissatisfaction with the Petrobras case did not personally concern the President of Dilma Rusef-despite the fact that from 2003 to 2010 she served as chairman of the board of the corporation. In April 2015, corruption charges were made to her close friend and mentor - former President of Brazil Luis Da Silva. On March 4, 2016, da Silva was temporarily detained, the police searched his house. And on March 16, Dilma Rusef unexpectedly decided to introduce and Silva into the government - many reasoned that in this way she hoped to protect him from persecution, since the Brazilian ministers had partial immunity. The appointment of Da Silwa was blocked by one of the members of the Brazilian Supreme Court.

RUSEF rating is a record low. Since the summer of 2015, demonstrations have been continuing in the cities of Brazil - of course, supporters of Dilma Rusef have come to the streets, but the shares of its opponents are attracted by significantly more people. On March 13, more than a million Brazilians entered the demonstration against Rusef. At the same time, it is important to understand that the demonstrations are mainly involved by representatives of wealthy (and mainly white) layers of the Brazilian society. Less prosperous residents tend to support Rusef and Da Silva - at least in gratitude for numerous social programs (for example, in the framework of Bolsa Família , they pay cash to 12 million poor Brazilian families). Nevertheless, the current rating of Dilma Rusef does not exceed 11% , more than two -thirds of the Brazilians believe that she is a “bad or terrible” president.

Since 2015, RUSEF has been threatened with impeachment. For political opponents, Rusef, the fall of its popularity is a chance to come to power ahead of schedule. In 2015, the speaker of the lower house of the Brazilian parliament, Eduard Kun, made a proposal for the impeachment of the president, accusing Ruseph of fraud with the budget - supposedly in 2014 (pre -election year), she made up for the budget deficit at the expense of the Pension Fund. It is worth noting here that Edurdu Kun himself is one of the suspects in the Petrobras case. His initiative was not supported in parliament - despite the fact that the idea of ​​impeachment was already popular with the population. On March 17, Kuna again demanded impeachment - and this time his plan may work.

The ruling coalition of Brazil fell apart. On March 16, immediately after the scandal with the appointment of Da Silva, the Republican Party came out of the ruling coalition, depriving the president of 22 seats in parliament. On March 28, the Minister of Tourism Eduard Alves, one of the leaders of the largest party of Brazil - a democratic movement, resigned. The next day, the party leadership decided to withdraw from the ruling coalition. This means that party members will have to resign from their positions (we are talking about seven ministers and 600 officials ). Without the support of the democratic movement, the impeachment of the Dilma Rusef is more than likely. If he really happens, the powers of the president will go to Vice President Michel theme-the head of the democratic movement.