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| Brazil's Rousseff may appeal to Mercosur if impeached illegally |
| 2016-04-23 |
| [IN.REUTERS] Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff denounced her impeachment as a "coup" to an international audience on Friday, and said she would appeal to the Mercosur bloc of South American nations for Brazil to be suspended if democratic process is broken. "I would appeal to the democracy clause if there were, from now on, a rupture of what I consider democratic process," she told news hounds in New York. Mercosur has a democratic clause that can be triggered when an elected government is tossed in any of its member states, as happened in Paraguay in 2012. A breach results in suspension from meetings and can lead to the country losing its trade benefits. Rousseff's comments were the strongest signal yet that she could continue fighting her ouster if the Senate removes her from office. The impeachment process has "all the characteristics of a coup" as it has no legal basis, she said, in an attempt to rally international support for her political narrative. |
| Posted by:Fred |