Latin America's Most Unpopular Presidency Grinds to Standstill
- Brazil’s Michel Temer government officially ends in December
- Congress reluctant to pass legislation ahead of elections
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Earlier this week Brazil’s President Michel Temer called the ten Senate leaders of his ruling coalition to discuss the year’s legislative agenda. Only four showed up.
Later that same day, the plenary of the lower house, which was due to vote on key bills to help the country recover from the worst recession on record, was conspicuously empty. Instead, many legislators focused their attention on a soccer match on the wide-screen TV in the nearby coffee lounge.