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2016 Was Awful for Brazil and 2017 Doesn’t Look Much Better

Pedestrians and shoppers walk through a shopping district in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. By calendar, 2016 ends on a Saturday, in another 3 days. But on the streets, in the social networks and in the pockets, people tend to perceive this year as endless. The impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the imprisonment of Eduardo Cunha, the denunciations that turned Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva into defendant in five lawsuits and the resignation of Renan Calheiros from the presidency of the Senate - and the consequent refusal of the Presiding Board to comply with the decision - are four of the several episodes that shook Brazil in 2016. Few Brazilians will mourn the passing of 2016. The president was impeached, a vast corruption scandal dominated the headlines day after day and a devastating recession - the worst on record - crushed the hopes of millions. It is that last element that remains the most painful today. (Photo by Cris Faga/NurPhoto)

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