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Dilma: "People have lost the power of their vote"

In a lecture at the University of Salento, Italy, deposed President Dilma Rousseff stated that "in Brazil, we are living through a very difficult moment because people have lost the power [of the vote]"; "Brazil needs a bath of democracy. Only the vote builds," she affirmed; speaking about the Temer government, she said that its objective "is to deconstruct the State, the economy, and the social gains that have been built up over the last few years"; "By cutting all social spending, you clearly see that a neoliberal program has been adopted," she said; watch

In a lecture at the University of Salento, Italy, deposed President Dilma Rousseff stated that "in Brazil, we are living through a very difficult moment because people have lost the power [of the vote]"; "Brazil needs a bath of democracy. Only the vote builds," she affirmed; speaking about the Temer government, she said that its objective "is to deconstruct the State, the economy, and the social gains that have been built up over the last few years"; "By cutting all social spending, you clearly see that a neoliberal program has been adopted," she said; watch (Photo: Gisele Federicce)

247 - President Dilma Rousseff, deposed by the coup in 2016, stated this Friday, the 27th, at the seminar "The Loneliness of Democracy" at the University of Salento, in Italy, that people have lost the power of the vote in Brazil.

"In Brazil, we are living through a very difficult time because people have lost the power [of the vote]." "Brazil needs a bath of democracy. Only the vote builds," he added.

In criticizing Michel Temer's government, he said that its objective "is to dismantle the State, the economy, and the social gains that have been built up over the last few years." "By cutting all social spending, you can clearly see that a neoliberal program has been adopted," he declared.

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