2016 Summer Olympics: Difference between revisions

=== Political and economic crisis ===

{{Main|2014 Brazilian economic crisis|Operation Car Wash|Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff}}

 

In 2014, [[Operation Car Wash]], an investigation by the [[Federal Police of Brazil]], uncovered unprecedented [[money laundering]] and corruption at the state-controlled oil company [[Petrobras]]. In early 2015, a series of protests against alleged corruption by the government of President [[Dilma Rousseff]] began in Brazil, triggered by revelations that numerous politicians were involved in the Petrobras affair. By early 2016, the scandal had escalated into a full-blown political crisis affecting not only President Rousseff, but also former President [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]], resulting in [[2015–2016 protests in Brazil|widespread demonstrations involving millions of protesters]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flynn |first1=Daniel |last2=Soto |first2=Alonso |title=Record Brazil protests put Rousseff's future in doubt |url=http://reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0WF0IX |access-date=14 March 2016 |work=Reuters |date=14 March 2016 |archive-date=6 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106040951/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0WF0IX |url-status=live}}</ref> both anti- and pro-Rousseff.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/business/international/effects-of-petrobras-scandal-leave-brazilians-lamenting-a-lost-dream.html |title=Petrobras Oil Scandal Leaves Brazilians Lamenting a Lost Dream |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=David |last=Segal |author-link=David Segal (reporter) |date=7 August 2015 |access-date=1 March 2017 |archive-date=4 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304101507/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/business/international/effects-of-petrobras-scandal-leave-brazilians-lamenting-a-lost-dream.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Grandin |first=Greg |title=Millennials Are Taking to the Streets to Defend Democracy in Brazil |url=http://www.thenation.com/article/millennials-are-taking-to-the-streets-to-defend-democracy-in-brazil/ |access-date=5 June 2016 |work=[[The Nation]] |date=22 March 2016 |archive-date=4 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604183340/http://www.thenation.com/article/millennials-are-taking-to-the-streets-to-defend-democracy-in-brazil/ |url-status=live}}</ref> At the same time, Brazil faced its worst economic recession since the 1990s, raising questions about whether the country was adequately prepared to host the Olympic Games against a volatile political and economic backdrop. On 12&nbsp;May 2016, President Rousseff was stripped of her powers and duties for 180 days after an [[Impeachment process against Dilma Rousseff|impeachment]] vote in the [[Brazilian Senate|Federal Senate]], with Vice President [[Michel Temer]] standing in as [[acting president]] during the Games.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/processo-de-impeachment-de-dilma/noticia/2016/05/processo-de-impeachment-e-aberto-e-dilma-e-afastada-por-ate-180-dias.html |title=Processo de impeachment é aberto, e Dilma é afastada por até 180 dias |language=pt |website=[[G1 (website)|g1.globo.com]] |publisher=[[Rede Globo]] |date=12 May 2016 |access-date=14 February 2017 |archive-date=28 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728014404/http://g1.globo.com/politica/processo-de-impeachment-de-dilma/noticia/2016/05/processo-de-impeachment-e-aberto-e-dilma-e-afastada-por-ate-180-dias.html |url-status=live}}</ref>