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Brazilian President Rousseff

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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff fell – or did she? In the article “ The decline and fall of Dilma Rousseff ” in Newsweek (17/05/2016), Brian Winter describes her gradual downfall until the moment the Brazilian Parliament suspended her from Office on 12/05/2016 and replaced her by Vice-President Michel Temer until a future hearing that can impeach her. A large crowd celebrated her fall but I wonder for how long. Still, people celebrated because many hope that corrupt politicians can finally fall and indeed, I think her fall may start to clean Brazil’s politics. However, many who removed her from power were celebrating even more as finally, the politician who refused to stop the corruption investigations was finally removed from power and I think that they believe many people were celebrating her fall in the hope the corruption investigations will end with her removal.  A flag falling apart? The past As a woman in her early 20s, she joined left-wing guerrilla groups who