Brazil’s Neighbors Warn of President’s ‘Dangerous’ Ouster–but US Press Isn’t Listening
Brazils Neighbors Warn of Presidents Dangerous Ousterbut US Press Isnt Listening
By Jim Naureckas
May
18
2016
The effort to oust twice-elected Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been big news in the United States. Since December 2015, when Brazils Chamber of Deputies began an impeachment process over Rousseffs budget maneuvers, the New York Times has had 74 pieces that mention Rousseff and impeachment, according to the Nexis news database; the Washington Post has had 138 such stories.
But something that hasnt been big news in US corporate media has been the reaction from Brazils neighbors to Rousseffs suspension pending a Senate trial. While some Latin American governments were supportivenotably, newly right-governed Argentina said it respects the institutional process in Brazil, while close US ally Colombia trusts in the preservation of democratic institutionality and stabilityseveral others were harshly critical. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega called Rousseffs removal an anti-democratic process that has cast a shadow on the reliability and strength of institutions. Bolivias Foreign ministry said Rousseffs opponents were trying to destabilize democratic processes and ignore the will of the people expressed in the popular vote.
Three Latin American countriesVenezuela and El Salvador on May 14, and Ecuador today, May 18announced they were recalling their ambassadors from Brazil, one of the strongest expressions of disapproval a nation can take. Salvadoran President Sanchez Ceren said he would not recognize the government formed by Vice President Michel Temer after Rousseffs removal. We respect democracy and the peoples will, Ceren said. In Brazil an act was done that was once done through military coups.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro labeled Rousseffs ouster a coup, calling it a grave and dangerous sign for the future stability and peace of all the continent.
The regions major multilateral organizations have also been critical of Brazils process. Secretary General Ernesto Samper of the Union of South American Nations, representing the continents 12 nations, called Rousseff the legitimate leader of Brazil. Samper, the former president of Colombia, said the attempt to remove her was compromising the democratic governability of the region in a dangerous way.
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