How Brazil, the darling of the developing world, came undone
Brazilians take to the streets as lawmakers weigh whether to impeach the president.
Brazil’s president is in trouble. President Dilma Rousseff could be facing an impeachment hearing over the summer, right when the country is hosting the world for the Olympic Games. (Dom Phillips,Nick Miroff,Jason Aldag/The Washington Post)
Brazilians take to the streets as lawmakers weigh whether to impeach the president.
Brazil’s president is in trouble. President Dilma Rousseff could be facing an impeachment hearing over the summer, right when the country is hosting the world for the Olympic Games. (Dom Phillips,Nick Miroff,Jason Aldag/The Washington Post)
By Nick Miroff and Dom Phillips-April 15 BRASILIA — It was called the “Brazil model,” or simply “the Lula model,” back when this country’s economy was roaring and its president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was a superstar of the developing world.
Committee members in Brazil's lower house of Congress voted to recommend impeaching President Dilma Rousseff by a vote of 38 to 27, sending it to the full lower house for a vote on April 17. Rousseff faces charges of breaking budget laws to support her re-election in 2014. (Reuters)
