Rousseff's Corruption Scandal

Hundreds of thousand Brazilians flooded the streets Sunday across the country wearing the yellow and green flag of Brazil, while chanting "Dilma out!”. Infuriated by their crumbling economy, and corruption scandals, Brazilians want President Dilma Rousseff removed from office. Rosilene Feitosa, a 61-year-old retiree participating in the protest stated "I came because I'm tired of seeing so much corruption and because I want to end the disorder that has taken over this country". Brazil also hosing the 2016 Summer Olympics in August had protesters singing and dancing along the beachfront avenue in Copacabana. Rousseff, who is struggling to hold on to power in the face of a massive corruption scandal and the worst recession in decades, urged demonstrators to remain peaceful, as 100,000 people marched in the capital of Brazil. Protesters did remain peaceful some even bringing their children, as well as buying things from street venders but even this peacefulness didn’t hid their anger. President Dilma Rousseff seems to have been part of a huge embezzlement and bribery scandal centered on state oil company Petrobras, do to this the economy has fallen into a deep recession, and had been removed of its investment grade ratings. Adding to Rousseff's problems, her key mentor, ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is fighting allegations that he was part of the Petrobras corruption network. Many of the protesters held signs depicting Rousseff and Lula as prisoners, while others praised the chief investigating judge in the Petrobras scandal, Sergio Moro, …show more content…
One thought I did have after writing this summary was how Brazil’s economy is going to fair after the 2016 Summer Olympics, while money will flooded in from the tourist, much money was spent on the stadium, and do to the economic scandal Brazil doesn’t have the best economy at the