WorldNews Posted May 2, 2015 Posted May 2, 2015 [attach=full]21171[/attach]Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff took to social media Friday rather than make a formal May Day address to underscore her government's commitment to workers' rights, amid a foundering economy and graft scandal that threatens to derail her administration. Brazil has been beset by four straight years of low growth since leftist Rousseff took office and her government is reeling from the country's worst ever corruption scandal which has seen dozens of politicians, mainly close allies, accused of collusion in a kickbacks scheme involving fat contracts with state-owned oil firm Petrobras. Brazil's first female leader has reluctantly agreed to a slew of austerity measures to kickstart an economy hit by rising inflation, high interest rates, low growth and poor productivity, despite opposition from the traditional wing of her Workers Party (PT). Releasing a trio of social media videos Rousseff insisted her government would always champion workers' rights, despite both the central bank and the International Monetary Fund predicting a recession this year. Continue reading... Quote
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