Five years after the coup against Dilma in Brazil, historians take stock 16.04.2021 - Brasil de Fato - Pressenza London 1 January 2011: Dilma Rousseff has just been sworn in as President of Brazil and speaks to the people at the Palácio do Planalto. At her side are Vice-President Michel Temer and his wife Marcela Temer. (Image by Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/ABr -Attribution 3.0 Brazil (CC BY 3.0 BR)) Process that ousted Dilma Rousseff sparked an institutional meltdown and revealed the country’s democratic disabilities By Pedro Rafael Vilela The historical, social and political interpretations of the impeachment of former Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, which took place in 2016, are still in a critical phase of elaboration.