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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 16 June 2017

BRAZIL: Electoral court rules Temer can stay

Brazil’s top electoral court (TSE) has cleared President Michel Temer of charges of economic and political abuses, allowing him to cling on to the presidency. He was acquitted by a narrow four votes to three. This has given the country’s embattled president a new lease of life, following intense pressure for him to resign over multiple corruption allegations.

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