Brazil anti-government protests: Thousands call for impeachment of Rousseff

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Brazil anti-government protests: Thousands call for impeachment of Rousseff

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We discuss the political crisis in Brazil. On Sunday, between 1 and 2 million people took to the streets calling for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, whose popularity has plummeted to an all-time low. Only 8% of Brazilians support the president. That's the lowest popularity rating since the end of military rule in the 1980s. Rousseff is embroiled in a large-scale corruption scandal and is also suffering from a struggling economy. Can she see out the rest of her term?

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Ligia Maura Costa

Ligia Maura Costa is full professor at Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo - Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP) and professor at Sciences Po., Paris and Universität St. Gallen. She received her habilitation degree in international law (“Livre-Docência”) from Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo (FDUSP). She holds a Ph.D. and a LL.M both in international trade law from the University of Paris-X and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from FDUSP. She was Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan Law School and a postdoctoral fellow at Sciences Po, Paris. She was Associate Dean for International Relations at FGV-EAESP (2004-2010). She is author of several books and many articles in Brazil and abroad and has worked at the WTO in the Legal Affairs Division. In 2011, she was visiting professor at HEC, Paris and at Tsinghua University – SEM (School of Economics and Management) and in 2012 she was visiting professor at St. Petersburg State University – GSOM (Graduate School of Management). She has taught and lectured in several foreign countries, such as US, Peru, India, South Korea, Mexico and Belgium, among others. She is partner of the law firm Ligia Maura Costa, Advocacia with offices in São Paulo and Paris. She has been practising law for more than twenty years, as lawyer counsel and arbitrator, acting in Brazil and abroad, advising companies, individuals, governments and international organizations. She has experience in arbitration procedures, having being appointed as arbitrator in different jurisdictions. Ligia Maura Costa has extensive experience in international contracts negotiations, preparing legal opinions, structuring M&A and joint ventures agreements and drafting and implementing CSR codes. Website: www.ligiamauracosta.com

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