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As Corruption Engulfs Brazil's "Interim" President, Mask Has Fallen Off Protest Movement
Greenwald, Glenn
http://theintercept.com/2016/06/16/as-corruption-engulfs-brazils-interim-president-mask-has-fallen-off-protest-movementDate Written: 2016-06-16 Publisher: The Intercept Year Published: 2016 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX19604 Momentum for the impeachment of Brazil's democratically elected president, Dilma Rousseff, was initially driven by large, flamboyant street protests of citizens demanding her removal. Although Brazil's dominant media endlessly glorified (and incited) these green-and-yellow-clad protests as an organic citizen movement, evidence recently emerged that protests groups were covertly funded by opposition parties. Still, there is no doubt that millions of Brazilians participated in marches demanding Rousseff's ouster, claiming they were motivated by anger over her and her party’s corruption. But from the start, there were all sorts of reasons to doubt this storyline and to see that these protesters were (for the most part) not opposed to corruption, but simply devoted to removing from power the center-left party that won four straight national elections. Subject Headings |