Brazil Succession Race Heats Up as Crisis Damages Temer
- Lower house speaker, party chief among presidential possibles
- Temer accused of obstruction of justice, passive corruption
Violent Protests Against Temer Rock Brazil Markets
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Brazil’s lower house chief Rodrigo Maia has been shaking more hands and patting more backs than usual during the recent corruption scandal that has pushed President Michel Temer to the brink of political survival.
Veteran legislators too have noticed a smiling Maia pecking female legislators on the cheek in the lower house coffee shop and working the phones to rally constituents. They say Maia is positioning himself should Temer fall, even though he is being probed as part of the ongoing Operation Carwash corruption investigation.