Ode to the week that was: 4th September 2016

In Brazil, Dilma Rousseff has been removed from office by the Senate
After finding that she tampered with government accounts to hide the deficit.
This is the latest of many scandals – an embarrassing mess
Far from Brazil’s motto which is, simply: “Order and Progress”

The country has been plagued with corruption for far too many years
Rousseff’s predecessor, Lula, was, too, embroiled in scandals and tears
But despite such troubles, it is a still and place of hopes and dreams
Epitomised in football, beaches, Amazon and Mardi Gras scenes.

Michael Temer now becomes the country’s 37th President
Father of 6, he’s a lawyer, poet, son of a Lebanese immigrant
For the fifth largest country in the world with a population of over 200 million
There’s talent, there’s colour, there’s energy – the future’s bright, the future’s brilliant.