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Weekly Report - 03 September 2015 (WR-15-35)
BRAZIL: Temer ready and waiting
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff scored an own goal by allowing her cabinet ministers to call for the introduction of a new tax last week, only to backtrack in the face of fierce criticism. Meanwhile, her vice-president, Michel Temer, of the government’s dissident ally, the Partido do Movimento Democratico Brasileiro (PMDB), continued to distance himself from the government, starring in a new advertising campaign demanding “change” in Brazil, a move seen as a very public announcement that he is ready to replace his boss.
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