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WikiLeaks reveal Brazil's new coup president is 'US informant'

Senate-imposed President of Brazil Michel Temer met with U.S. Embassy staff on at least two occasions to brief them on the country's politics.

Whistleblower website WikiLeaks described the Senate-imposed President of Brazil Michel Temer as a ā€œU.S. Embassy informantā€ in a tweet and provided two links where Temer's candid thoughts on Brazilian politics serve as the basis for a report by the U.S. embassy in Brazil.

The cable from Jan. 11, 2006, states that Temer met with embassy officials on Jan. 9, 2006 to give his assessment of Brazil's political landscape ahead of the 2006 general election that saw Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reelected to the presidency.

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The cable also reveals that in 2006 Temer's party, the PMDB, was considering an alliance with both the leftist Workers' Party and the right-wing PSDB. The PMDB's tendency to switch sides would later prove to be a critical element in efforts by Brazilian elites to oust Rousseff.

Despite having been elected vice president alongside Rousseff, Temer betrayed his former allies and joined in efforts to oust the president via impeachment. A June 21, 2006 cable shows Temer held a second meeting with U.S. embassy staff to once again appraise them on the political situation in Brazil. In that cable Temer laments the lack of power given to PMDB ministers during the Lula government.

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