Brazil opposition seeks Temer probe and impeachment

‘A Brazilian opposition party has filed a petition for the impeachment of President Michel Temer over allegations of his involvement in an influence-peddling scandal.
The Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) filed the request after former culture minister Marcelo Calero said the president had pressured him into interfering in a business deal which involved General Secretary of the Brazilian Presidency Geddel Vieira Lima.
Vieira Lima resigned on Friday over the same scandal to become the sixth minister to quit since May. Temer became president in August after Dilma Rousseff was ousted in a contentious impeachment trial.’
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