29.03.2016 - 06:14 [ Reuters ]

Brazil party set to abandon Rousseff, making impeachment more likely

The Economist Intelligence Unit said in a note to clients it no longer expects Rousseff to survive impeachment, joining other risk analysts who have raised the odds of her removal.

Party officials calculate that 70 to 80 percent of the 119 voting members of the PMDB directorate will vote to end the party‘s alliance with Rousseff and the ruling Workers‘ Party. One told Reuters that 75 had already pledged to do so.