Brazilian deputies voted for the president's resignation

The Brazilian Lower House of Parliament has voted to oust President Dilma Rousseff from power. 60% of parliamentarians – 314 persons, voted in favor of her impeachment. Previously, a special committee of the lower house, designed specifically to address the issue of Rousseff’s impeachment, made the same decision. Officially, she is accused of being involved in schemes of corruption in "Petrobras", the state oil company. However, the real reasons for her attempted ousting is Brazil's independent foreign policy and the country's active role in BRICS.

Internal political opposition

The active phase of the confrontation between the pro-American opposition and Brazil's leadership was launched in September 2015. Millions of people across the country participated in rallies both supporting and opposing the incumbent president. Dilma was accused of being involved in the Petrobras corruption scandal, as well as violations of tax and financial fraud during the 2014 election campaign.

The main role in the campaign against Rousseff is played by opposition leaders: former presidential candidate from the opposition Aécio Neves (Brazilian Social Democratic Party) and former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso (Brazilian Social Democratic Party). Despite its name, the opposition is strongly influenced by neoliberalism and the fundamentals of the American market.
Earlier, the former ally of Rousseff, the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), withdrew from the coalition government, thereby increasing the chances of the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff. This party has no clear ideological orientation, and in its ranks are both leftists and liberals. It is under these circumstances that the Democrats intend to seize power in the country. In the event of Rousseff's impeachment, leader of the PMDB Michel Temer, who has been the Vice-President of Brazil since 2011, will automatically become President.

Geopolitics of impeachment

In the realm of foreign policy, Rousseff, even more so than her predecessor Lula da Silva, has moved closer to Russia and China. This provoked anger from the US, which traditionally regarded Latin America as its zone of influence. The United States seeks to regain control of Latin America. To do this, it aims to receive control over the two key powers on the continent: Argentina and Brazil. In Argentina, they have already brought the stooge liberal Mauricio Macri to power; now it's Brazil's turn. This situation is reminiscent of the shift in the geopolitical balance in Europe in the 2000's. Once the "Paris-Berlin-Moscow" axis emerged in 2003, the US did its best to change the situation and sought to sweep Nicolas Sarkozy in France and Angela Merkel in Germany into power.

Next step

The next stage of impeachment is a vote in the Senate, where if there are enough ‘yes’ votes, the President will be sent to court and can be removed from power. Rousseff’s supporters hope that the Senate will not vote for impeachment, but previously they expressed the same hope about voting in the lower house of parliament, and their hopes were not justified.

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Brazilian deputies voted for the president's resignation