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Brazil's interim government wastes no time erasing Workers' party influence
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP May 20, 2016 01:40pm |
| Category | General |
| News Date | May 20, 2016 01:00pm |
| Description | It is just a week since Michel Temer became interim president of Brazil, but his new centre-right administration already has begun scaling back many of the social policies put in place by Workers’ party governments over the previous 13 years.
Moves are under way to soften the definition of slavery, roll back the demarcation of indigenous land, trim housebuilding programs and sell off state assets in airports, utilities and the post office. Newly appointed ministers also are talking of cutting healthcare spending and reducing the cost of the bolsa familia poverty relief system. Four thousand government jobs have been cut. The culture ministry has been subsumed into education.
The change of government and the shift of ideology already has sparked protests on the streets of major cities and even at Cannes film festival, where Brazilian actors and film-makers said their country had suffered a coup.
Temer has said he is prepared to make unpopular decisions because he does not intend to stand for re-election in 2018. He is barred from running due to previous electoral violations – and is so widely disliked that he would not stand a chance of winning even if he could. |
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