Friday, 13 May 2016

Gists: Brazilian Women Angry At All-Male New Government

Brazilian acting President Michel Temer (R) and Senator Aecio Neves during the new ministers inauguration ceremony at Planalto palace in Brasilia, on May 12, 2016.  Temer said Thursday his new cabinet must work to restore the country's "credibility," in his first address after assuming power from suspended predecessor Dilma Rousseff pending her impeachment trial. / AFP PHOTO / ANDRESSA ANHOLETE

Brazilian interim President Michel Temer’s post-impeachment government is not a day old and already has an image problem. Where are the women?
All 24 ministers presented to the nation in a televised ceremony, just hours after the suspension of leftist president Dilma Rousseff, bore a striking similarity to each other: They were white males.
“It’s a government of white men and quite frightening,” analyst Ivar Hartmann, a public law expert at the FGV think tank in Rio de Janeiro, said. “It’s the first time since the (1964-85) dictatorship that there has not been a single woman. This is worrying.” CONTINUE READING...

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