Latin American leftist parties reject Brazil 'coup'
Latin American leftist parties reject Brazil 'coup'
By AFP 1 hour ago.
A grouping of leftwing Latin America political parties on Wednesday rejected the impeachment process against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, calling it an "institutional coup."
The Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America (COPPAL) issued a statement in which it "rejected any destabilizing intent to undermine democracy in Brazil." The text was read in Nicaragua's capital Managua by COPPAL's vice president, Francisco Rosales.
The organization, which groups 60 leftist parties including Rousseff's Workers Party, warned that the impeachment process -- the "institutional coup" -- "is something that affects the whole region."
It drew parallels with a 2009 coup in Honduras that ousted president Manuel Zelaya and a 2012 impeachment in Paraguay of its president, Fernando Lugo.
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