"More than just thinking that I will survive, I will fight to survive. Not just for my term in office, but I will fight because what I am advocating and defending is the democratic principle that governs political life in Brazil," Rousseff told the CNN network in an interview to be aired Thursday, when asked whether she thought she would "survive" the current events. A part of the interview was already published on the CNN's website.
Rousseff has been facing a wave of public discontent for over a year amid Brazil’s struggling economy and a major corruption scandal in the state-owned Petrobras petroleum company. The opposition has accused the president of corruption and of violating financial rules by manipulating state bank accounts to close budget gaps.
