with the unofficial support of neves‘ party, eduardo cunha was elected as president .n a perfect position to block any economic reforms and to plunge the knife into dilma's presidency. dilma's problems were not limited to her political rivals. the juggernaut economy had slammed on the brakes, and the country had fallen into recession. in the first year of her second term, brazil's gdp fell by nearly 4% and the stock market fell by 13%. under lula, workers‘ party approval ratings had been sky—high. now, dilma saw the party's ratings slide with her own. on the 12th of april, over 1.5 million people took to the streets, a million of them in sao paulo. shirt that the protesters wore. it was a massive ramping up of anger against the dilma presidency. now it was the turn of a new force in brazil to pile further pressure onto dilma. judge sergio moro was leading the investigation into corruption known as operation carwash. injune 2015, the ceo of brazil's largest construction firm, marcelo odebrecht, was arrested. it was a sign that even the biggest brazilian business could b

in december 2015, eduardo cunha made his move and launched impeachment proceedings against dilma. cited a recent congressional report on accounting practises. the report had noted that dilma's administration had used an age old tactic. it had delayed paying back money to public banks to cover shortfalls in the budget. events began to move quickly. in march 2016, the disgraced construction boss marcelo odebrecht revealed a detailed list of politicians his company had been bribing. top of the list was dilma's defeated political rival, the centre—right psdb leader aecio neves. odebrecht‘s list also revealed that senior politicians from the ruling workers‘ party had been taking bribes and illegal campaign donations. butjudge sergio moro was about to reveal his biggest catch of all. former president lula was alleged to have a holiday apartment in a seaside city. moro claimed that lula had received free improvements to the apartment as a bribe from the construction company oas. on march the 4th, police raided lula's house. the most popular leader in brazilian history was now viewed with

now, he joined forces with a leading congressman, eduardo cunha. they had a common interest. rid of dilma. with the unofficial support of neves‘ party, eduardo cunha was elected as president of the lower house of deputies. from here, he was in a perfect position to block any economic reforms and to plunge the knife into dilma's presidency. dilma's problems were not limited to her political rivals. the juggernaut economy had slammed on the brakes, and the country had fallen into recession. in the first year of her second term, brazil's gdp fell by nearly 4% and the stock market fell by 13%.