Blog da Cidadania, by Edu Guimarães:

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There is a saying in Brazil that often comes in handy in trying to navigate murky waters:

For our friends, anything; for our enemies, the Law

For several weeks now, blogger Luis Nassif and a handful of like-minded progressives has warned of a plot to carry out a “Paraguayan coup d’etat” to prevent the recently reelected president, Dilma Rousseff, from taking the oath for her second term.

The term refers to the removal of Lugo in Paraguay in an impeachment proceeding that lasted 48 hours, permitted only two hours for the preparation of the defense,  and was based on a flimsy theory of  crimes of responsibility.

As Edu Guimarães notes — in a post that is throwing  a «503 Service Temporarily Unavailable» message at the moment — the third element in a Paraguay-style end run around the Constitution lies with the justices…