What Lies Ahead for Brazil after the Impeachment Vote

After more than a year of political paralysis and deepening economic recession, Brazil’s House of Representatives voted decisively on April 17 to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, intensifying the crisis and putting the country on an uncertain path. A Senate vote requiring the president to step away from her duties may occur in the coming days. If she is forced to step aside, her successor Vice President Michel Temer will face his own difficulties of political legitimacy and public support. A seasoned politician and former professor of constitutional law, Temer has vowed to form a cabinet capable of gaining the confidence of citizens and investors by moving Brazil decisively away from Rousseff’s economic course. He will have limited time to show he can stabilize the situation and govern effectively until the presidential term concludes in December 2018. Meanwhile, the eyes of the world will be on Brazil as the nation readies to host the Olympic Summer Games in barely 100 days.

Americas Society/Council of the Americas and the Wilson Center's Brazil Institute will hold a discussion on what lies ahead for Brazil. The event will begin with the release of an opinion survey by Idea Inteligência on public perceptions of prospects for a potential Temer presidency.

Speakers:

• Marta Arretche, Director of the Center for Metropolitan Studies, University of São Paulo
• Monica de Bolle, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Adjunct Professor, School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University
• Geoffrey Dyer, Correspondent, Financial Times
• Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Americas Society/Council of the Americas
• Mauricio Moura, Managing Director, Ideia Inteligência
• Carlos Eduardo Lins da Silva, Editor, Política Externa; Global Fellow, Wilson Center's Brazil Institute
• Oliver Stuenkel, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Getúlio Vargas Foundation
• Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Wilson Center (moderator)

To register: Online - Email at: brazil@wilsoncenter.org