PMDB exit leaves Dilma on the brink

According to widespread reports, Brazil’s largest political party, the PMDB, will later today announce that it plans to leave government – leaving President Rousseff closer to impeachment, and paving the way for VP Michel Temer to take over as soon as May. A Temer government would be more market-friendly, but we suspect that most of the good news is now priced in.

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