WikiLeaks: Brazil’s Acting President Michel Temer Is US Diplomatic Informant
Although accusations of fraud and corruption led to Rousseff’s suspension, Temer is also marked by frequent accusations of illegal or unethical behavior, as Glenn Greenwald reported for The Intercept on Wednesday.
“In this particular case, the person to be installed is awash in corruption: accused by informants of involvement in an illegal ethanol-purchasing scheme, he was just found guilty of, and fined for, election spending violations and faces an 8-year-ban on running for any office,” he wrote.
Greenwald added:
“[O]nly 2% would support him for President and almost 60% want him impeached (the same number that favors Dilma’s impeachment). But he will faithfully serve the interests of Brazil’s richest: he’s planning to appoint Goldman, Sachs and IMF officials to run the economy and otherwise install a totally unrepresentative, neoliberal team (composed in part of the same party – PSDB – that has lost 4 straight elections to the PT).”
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