Brazil erupts
After the coup, the riots Angry protesters took to the streets as Brazil’s government introduced harsh new austerity measures following the recent impeachment of President Dilma Roussef. Photojournalist Thales Renato Ferreira reports from São Leopoldo
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razil has faced an escalation of violent protests since the impeachment and removal of its center-left president Dilma Roussef last August, following a coup led by vice-president Michel Temer. The impeachment process was encouraged by the government-aligned media, which ran a massive propaganda campaign to convince the country that the removal of Dilma and the pursuit of the Workers’ Party was the only way to end corruption in the country. After the installation of Temer as the country’s 37th president, the government introduced major changes to the Brazilian constitution – Project PEC 55 – which were approved by the senate on December 13. This plan introduced austerity measures aimed at restoring confidence in the country’s ailing economy. Pec 55, planned without any input from electors, instituted a 20-year freeze on 6 ColdType | January 2017 | www.coldtype.net