RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – President Michel Temer is telling Brazilian diplomats they need to convince foreigners that their country is not a banana republic-like nation.
His comments were made Thursday as his predecessor and ally-turned-enemy Dilma Rousseff travels around the United States to denounce her removal as a coup.
Temer was Rousseff’s vice-president for more than five years and took over after she was condemned for manipulating sửa tủ lạnh the fiscal budget.
Brazil’s Supreme Court last week opened investigations of eight members of Temer’s cabinet.
A poll published this week showed that Temer’s popularity is in the single digits, just like Rousseff’s when she ousted a year ago.