The Favelas Sour on Dilma Rousseff.

ROUSSEFF, Dilma, 1947-; ECONOMIC conditions in Brazil; PRICES; GOVERNMENT securities; SUBWAY fares; BUDGET deficits; TWENTY-first century

The article reports that Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has lost her base due to increasing prices of commodities and utilities in Brazil as of July 2015. Topics include Rousseff's January 2015 move to boost prices for electricity and bus and subway fares to tame the budget deficit and maintain the country's sovereign bond rating, the impact of the hikes on the living standards of the poor, and the decline of the overall approval of the government since December 2014.