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Brazilian President Temer survives a vote to suspend him on corruption charges
Brazilian President Michel Temer speaks at a ceremony at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia on Aug. 1. (Eraldo Peres/Associated Press)
By
Marina Lopes August 2
SAO
PAULO, Brazil — The lower house of Brazil’s Congress voted
Wednesday to block a corruption trial against Michel Temer, a
victory for the embattled president that occurred 15 months after
his predecessor was suspended for financial irregularities.
Temer’s
opponents fell well short of the two-thirds majority required in
the Chamber of Deputies to send him to trial in the Supreme Court.
In the end, 263 lawmakers voted for the president, 228 voted
against him and the remaining 22 didn’t vote or abstained.
The
president was determined to remain in power and aggressively
courted legislators’ support well into the session, which
stretched over more than 11 hours Wednesday.
With more
than 80 percent of Brazilians in favor of sending the president to
trial, according to polls, the chamber’s decision was a testament
to the president’s skillful maneuvering, and spoke to the desire
for greater political and economic stability in Brazil.
Temer,
the first sitting Brazilian president charged with corruption, is
accused of receiving $150,000 from a wealthy meatpacking executive
— part of a $12 million bribe he allegedly accepted through
an aide. Temer denies the accusations and has rejected calls for
his resignation.
Reaction to the bribery charge facing Brazil’s president
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Opposition
politicians and protesters rally against embattled President
Michel Temer.
The vote
came as Brazilian politics are in turmoil. Last month, Luiz Inácio
Lula da Silva, who led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, was convicted of
corruption and money laundering and sentenced to more than nine
years in prison. He has appealed the verdict.
Temer’s
predecessor, Dilma Rousseff, was suspended in May 2016 on charges
of budget mismanagement, and she was removed from the presidency
three months later.
As
Wednesday’s session began, dozens of representatives gathered in
the center of the chamber, chanting: “Out Temer. The people want
to vote. Direct elections now.”
In
speeches ahead of the vote, Temer’s supporters focused on the
importance of political stability for the country’s economy.
“Brazil
cannot return to chaos. That’s why I’m voting against this
charge,” said representative Hidekazu Takayama of the allied
Socialist Christian Party.
“The
president chose to confront the crisis by delivering bitter but
necessary medicine,” said representative Paulo Abi-Ackel of the
coalition Brazilian Social Democracy Party. “Is now the right
time to remove the president of the republic? We need to continue
these efforts to reestablish confidence in the future of the
country.”
A member of Brazil's
Homeless Workers Movement shouts during a protest against President
Michel Temer in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Aug. 2.
But in
Sao Paulo, hundreds of protesters opposing Temer, whose approval
ratings sank to 5 percent ahead of the vote, lit tires on fire
to block access to major highways.
While
more than 80 percent of Brazilians believe that Temer should stand
trial, according to a recent poll, he maintains a significant base
in Congress. He was expected to gather about 260 votes in his
favor, putting him safely above the 172 needed to evade trial,
according to an analysis by political consultancy firm Arko in
Brasilia, the capital.
But hours
before the vote, the Social Democracy Party, Temer’s largest
coalition party, instructed supporters to vote in favor of the
charges.
In May,
leaked recordings appeared to show the president condoning the
payment of hush money to protect Joesley Batista, a meatpacking
executive who was under investigation for corruption. A few weeks
later, video emerged of a close aide exiting a pizza parlor with
$150,000 in cash, allegedly intended for Temer.
The
revelations sent shock waves through Brasilia, which already was
reeling from Operation Car Wash, a corruption investigation that
has shredded Brazil’s political elite but had not previously
tarred Temer.
The
president has been determined to remain in power and has dismissed
some ministers to allow them to cast ballots as legislators in his
defense. The night before the vote, Temer attended a dinner with
more than 100 lawmakers at the home of the vice president of the
lower chamber. Temer was greeted with applause and urged the
legislators to help him usher in a new era in Brazilian politics.
Temer’s
government pumped $25 million in federal funding into
legislators’ pet projects after the accusations arose in May.
Over the past two months, the president has rewarded allied parties
with prominent positions within his cabinet and fired coalition
members whose parties broke with him.
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Temer is
still expected to be formally charged in the next few months with
racketeering and obstruction of justice in connection with the same
case. The Chamber of Deputies also would have to approve those
charges before a trial.
Although
his supporters have been betting that the president can withstand
these accusations long enough to complete the 18 months left in his
mandate, the scandal has paralyzed Temer’s government and stalled
flagship reform programs that he hoped would promote recovery from
Brazil’s longest recession on record.
Temer has
suffered from dismal approval ratings, with thousands of Brazilians
questioning his right to rule.
“To
pacify the country, we need direct elections. Temer does not have
legitimacy,” opposition member Weliton Fernandes Prado said. “We
vote for the acceptance of the charges and want direct elections.”
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Ivanka
Trump promotes World Bank fund to empower women
President Donald Trump observed by daughter Ivanka during a White House event in Washington, DC, August 1, 2017 - AFP
AFP
14.10.17 – 7.45
President Donald Trump observed by daughter Ivanka during a White House event in Washington, DC, August 1, 2017 - AFP
AFP
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Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump and White House counselor, on Saturday promoted a new World Bank (WB) initiative to foster entrepreneurship among women.
The Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative (We-Fi), launched this week, seeks to increase access to capital for women entrepreneurs in developing countries.
"Fully empowering women in our economy will create great growth, but it will also bring the peace, stability and prosperity that many regions so badly need," said Ivanka Trump during an event at the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) , held in Washington.
Women-owned businesses in developing countries have an annual credit deficit of $ 300 billion, either because there is no access to credit or because they only get it in the short term and at a high cost, he said.
"They say women invest 90 cents a dollar in their families, in the education of their families, in the health of their family and in their community in general," he said.
WB President Jim Yong Kim describes Ivanka Trump on Saturday as the "driving force" behind the new initiative, which received $ 350 million in donor pledges.
The United States has pledged $ 50 million to the fund in July, but has proposed reducing its commitments to another fund that helps the world's poorest countries by 15 percent, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Ivanka Trump proposed the We-Fi initiative at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, where she surprised by briefly taking her father's seat at a meeting of world leaders.
The initiative is supported by Germany, Russia, China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, among other countries.
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Ivanka Trump promove fundo do Banco Mundial para empoderar mulheres
Presidente Donald Trump, observado pela filha Ivanka durante evento na Casa Branca, em Washington, DC, em 1º de agosto de 2017 - AFP
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Ivanka
Trump, filha do presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, e
conselheira da Casa Branca, promoveu neste sábado uma nova
iniciativa do Banco Mundial (BM) para fomentar o espírito
empresarial entre as mulheres.
A
Iniciativa Financeira de Mulheres Empreendedoras (We-Fi na sigla em
inglês), lançada nesta semana, busca aumentar o acesso ao capital
para mulheres empresárias nos países em desenvolvimento.
“Empoderar completamente as mulheres em nossa economia criará um grande crescimento, mas também trará a paz, a estabilidade e a prosperidade que muitas regiões tanto precisam”, disse Ivanka Trump durante um evento nas reuniões anuais do BM e do Fundo Monetário Internacional (FMI), realizadas em Washington.
As empresas de propriedade de mulheres nos países em desenvolvimento têm um déficit creditício anual de 300 bilhões de dólares, ou porque não há acesso ao crédito ou porque só o recebem no curto prazo e a um alto custo, afirmou.
“Dizem que as mulheres investem 90 centavos por dólar em sua família, na educação de suas famílias, na saúde de sua família e na sua comunidade em geral”, disse.
O presidente do BM, Jim Yong Kim, descreve Ivanka Trump neste sábado como a “força motriz” por trás da nova iniciativa, que recebeu 350 milhões de dólares em compromissos de doadores.
Os Estados Unidos prometeram 50 milhões para este fundo em julho, mas propuseram reduzir seus compromissos em outro fundo que ajuda os países mais pobres do mundo em 15%, segundo o jornal The Wall Street Journal.
Ivanka Trump propôs a iniciativa We-Fi na cúpula do G20 em Hamburgo, na Alemanha, onde surpreendeu ao tomar brevemente o assento de seu pai em uma reunião de líderes mundiais.
A iniciativa conta com o apoio de Alemanha, Rússia, China, Japão, Arábia Saudita e Emirados Árabes Unidos, entre outros países.
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