Brazil elections
Brazil’s Bolsonaro channels MAGA message to sweep first round election results (Video)
Zerohedge reports that after one of the most bizarre presidential campaigns in Brazilian history (it at one point featured one candidate who was in prison and another who was hospitalized with a life-threatening stab wound), Jair Bolsonaro, the right-wing candidate who has embraced the label of “Brazil’s Donald Trump” has outperformed even the rosiest expectations.
Temer’s pension reforms face stiff opposition
Brazil’s unions have planned a day of struggle to protest Temer’s proposed social security reform bill. The president is already very unpopular in Brazil; polls show voters want him to be accountable for alleged corruption [Xinhua]
Brazilian President Michel Temer is facing a tide of opposition regarding his promise to reform the social security program.
Many among his supporters see the reform initiative as damaging to their relection bids in the general election next October.
Is Brazil back in business?
Temer is trying to push a package of spending cuts through parliament and other measures to lift Brazil out of its worst recession in decades [Xinhua]
Despite ongoing political turbulence following a slew of corruption charges aimed at sitting and previous leaders and lawmakers, Brazil’s economy appears to have bandaged itself and started to grow again.