A Timeline of Brazil’s Latest Political Crisis
Smoke rises as demonstrators hold placards and flags during protests outside of the National Congress demanding the resignation of Brazilian President Michel Temer in Brasilia on May 24, 2017.
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Brazil plunged back into crisis when the Supreme Court authorized an investigation into President Michel Temer on accusations of passive corruption and obstruction of justice.
The allegations are the latest development in Operation Carwash, a sprawling corruption probe that has implicated many of the country’s business and political elite and helped bring down Temer’s predecessor, Dilma Rousseff.