BRAZIL
Still Standing
Brazilian President Michel Temer avoided a corruption trial for the second time, narrowly winning a vote in the lower house that will likely allow him to serve out his term to Dec. 2018.
Temer allies defeated a motion to initiate a trial before the Supreme Court by a margin of 251 to 233 on Wednesday, Bloomberg reported. But the smaller margin in this vote compared with the previous one and a delay in the vote hint at some discontent among his supporters.
Many members of the ruling coalition were hesitant to show open support for Temer, so it took the government around seven hours to reach a quorum. Earlier, the Supreme Court suspended Temer’s move to narrow Brazil’s definition of slavery in a bid to please the farm lobby.
Nevertheless, the victory should allow Temer to put the corruption charges behind him for now and deliver at least some of his planned reforms, which include pension cuts and simplifying the tax code, Bloomberg said.
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