Brazil grapples with post-impeachment scenarios

摘要

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff’s fight to block impeachment was dealt another blow this week when a congressional committee approved a report supporting her ouster, increasing the odds that business-oriented vice president Michel Temer would assume power as early as next week. But even his prospects are unclear. The economic turnaround that stagnant industries such as oil and construction are hoping a Temer presidency will spark is still far out of reach as the country teeters on a political knife edge.