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THE head of South America’s regional bloc has warned there is “no proof” of wrongdoing by embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
Union of South American Nations (Unasur) secretary-general Ernesto Samper said on Saturday that other regional nations should be concerned that the impeachment process against Workers’ Party leader Ms Rousseff was proceeding apace despite a lack of evidence.
“Brazil is currently in the intensive care unit of Unasur,” he said.
Sovereignty and the rule of law are under threat from Trump’s attacks on Lula’s administration just as they have been across Latin America, argue CARLOS MARTINEZ and SARA VIVACQUA
Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports