An Oversize Banana Republic

The Associated Press reports via the Modesto Bee about political turmoil in Brazil. Its lower house has passed a bill impeaching President Dilma Rousseff and sent it to the upper house for trial. Hat tip to Lucianne.com for the link.

More than the necessary two-thirds of lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies voted to oust her.

The measure now goes to the Senate. If by a simple majority the Senate votes to take it up and put the president on trial, Rousseff will be temporarily suspended.

And things seemed to be going so well for Brazil, not long ago. Our concluding non-PC thought: it's almost as if elements of their culture sabotage good government, repeatedly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.