In his short time in office as an un-elected president, Temer has tried to roll back progressive measures carried out by Worker’s Party leaders.
The Brazilian senate has voted 65 to 14 for PEC 55, an austerity measure that will limit social spending for the next 20 years.
Last Thursday, in the framework of the II Continental Assembly of Social Movements Towards
the ALBA, the first panel of speakers was led by the representative of the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) of Brazil, João Pedro Stedile, who offered a master class titled “Political juncture: neoliberalism, neodevelopmentalism and socialism in our continent”.
The day mobilized 30,000 people in 14 states plus the Federal District, with land occupations, public buildings and marches held by a broad unity of the movements of the countryside
This week, popular movements, unions, and religious organizations who work in rural areas
carried out the “Days of Unified Struggle of Rural Workers.” The days of struggle involved building occupations and blockade of roads — which started on Monday, Sept. 5, and ended on Thursday, Sept. 7.
As the Olympic Games come to a close in Rio de Janeiro, non-governmental organizations and unions in the United States are condemning the impeachment process against Brazil’s president. A public statement released today states: “We, the undersigned organizations, support democracy in Brazil and denounce the forced removal of Brazil’s elected president, Dilma Rousseff, as well as the criminalization and repression of Brazilian social movements.”
Posted on Friday, the law eases the budget reassignment, the main justification the removal of Dilma
By 61 votes to 20, the Senate decided in favor of effectively separating Dilma Rousseff from her seat, 
and the political crisis will only get worse with the new government.
Brazil’s right wing finally achieved what it couldn’t win for years at the ballot box, ending 13 years of left-wing governance.
The fate of Brazilian democracy was decided Wednesday as the country’s Senate voted 61 to 20 to impeach suspended President Dilma Rousseff after a trial that many international critics have described as a farce and a parliamentary coup.
Interview with Joao Pedro Stedile, leader of the MST, on the political crisis in Brazil.
After the penultimate vote of the Senate on the impeachment against President Dilma Rousseff, we interviewed Joao Pedro Stedile, historical leader of the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST), who is at the frontline of the fight against “putschist leader Michel Temer”.
The Parliamentarians have requested the Inter American Commissioners of Human Rights (CIDH),
