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June 3, 2016

Brazil: Suspended President Dilma Rousseff Addresses Women's March
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In Brazil, suspended President Dilma Rousseff joined protesters in Rio
de Janeiro denouncing what they consider a coup against her. Congress
suspended Rousseff purportedly for manipulating budget accounts, but
leaked transcripts showed at least one official plotted to oust Rousseff
in order to end a corruption investigation that was targeting him.
Brazil's political crisis has coincided with protests over the gang rape
of a 16-year-old girl by more than 30 men. On Thursday, Rousseff
addressed the Women's March for Democracy.

Dilma Rousseff: "We know that what happened here was a gang rape. And at
the same time, one of the elite country clubs has clearly shown its
prejudice against a nanny, prohibiting her from sitting or from using
the bathroom. This culture of rape against women, and at the same time
this culture of social exclusion, is something that we know needs to be
defeated."

Rousseff was Brazil's first woman president. Her replacement, Michel
Temer, appointed an all-male Cabinet.
Topics:Brazil

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