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THE WEEK, Page 20WORLDFernando Collor Nixon?
Brazil's President is pressed hard to quit before he is impeached
The parallels between August 1992 in Brasilia and August 1974
in Washington were eerily exact. Like Richard Nixon 18 years
earlier, President Fernando Collor de Mello vowed to fight to
the end against impeachment and removal from office. But Collor
too saw many of his strongest supporters -- including even the
politician who served as best man at his 1984 wedding -- turn
against him. Many advised him to resign before he is thrown out
and thus spare the nation a prolonged governmental paralysis.
Collor's hopes of hanging on nearly disappeared last week when a
congressional commission concluded after a three-month
investigation that he and members of his family had received
$6.5 million from his former campaign fund raiser, who extorted
large sums from businessmen hoping for government contracts or
favors. Lawmakers will vote on whether to accuse Collor formally
and start a trial in the Senate sometime this month -- if the
President can survive in office even that long.