BRAZIL – A defiant President Dilma Rousseff has said no to a cabinet reshuffle, ignoring calls for changes which could have boosted her political support and defeat an upcoming impeachment vote. A special committee in Brazil’s lower house is due to decide whether Rousseff broke the law by allegedly doctoring Brazil’s fiscal accounts to hide a massive budget deficit before her 2014 reelection. President Rousseff told journalists on a visit to a military airbase that she thought any attempt to use these allegations as a reason to ask for an impeachment, was a coup, “it’s a coup because there is no legal basis.”

Since Rousseff’s main coalition partner, the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) broke away last week, her Workers’ Party has called for her to replace six of the PMDB ministers who remain in office. (Euronews)…[+]