Protests Test Resilience of Brazil's Democracy

... They have a potential to spark spontaneous riots like the social explosions of 2013. Government sources now indicate that the economy is about to contract this year by around a negative 1.1 percent, signaling recession. Economic reform is likely to continue ... ... continues to advise his friend president Dilma and makes no secret that he will be running for president again in 2018. Why impeachment of President Dilma is irrelevant Since Brazil's return to elected government during the mid-1980s the legal precedent ...