Allies, former allies, and opposition parties in Brazil point to a growing “leadership vacuum as the economy sinks;” Rousseff struggles with tanking approval ratings, more protests, and lingering worries about corruption investigations; both the president and her mentor, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have tried to rally support with little success, though her
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In recent weeks a large collection of unconnected groups, including indigenous communities, medical doctors and nursing associations, teachers’ unions, senior citizen organizations, and business owners, have organized large protest marches all over Ecuador. Shouting slogans and waving banners, they have blocked roads and clashed with police, and their main target is President Correa. Though an
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