Articles by Aline Piva and Frederick B. Mills
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What Is a Coup? Analysing the Brazilian Impeachment Process
Aline Piva and Frederick B. Mills - CounterPunch,
17 Oct 2016
Impeachment or Coup? To understand Rousseff’s impeachment, one must understand Brazil’s history of constitutional rupture. The civil and military coup of 1964 is the most exemplary of such ruptures, but there were similar attempts in 1930, 1937, 1954, and 1961. On all these occasions, sectors from the economic and political elite resorted to unconstitutional or undemocratic means to overthrow democratically elected governments that challenged oligarchic interests.
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