A Nova "tática" da elite para (re)tomar as "rédeas do poder": o impeachment de Fernando Lugo

Abstract

The controversial impeachment of the then presidentof Paraguay, Fernando Lugo, in 2012, starded an intense debate about “left tendence governments”, that called themselves progressive and democratic stability in American countries. This happenned mainly among the member states of MERCOSUL – Common Market of the South. A lot has been debated whether impeachment was, in fact, a veiled coup by political economic elites. The echoes of the deposition process of the Paraguayan Head of State continue to reverberate in what some authors have called the end of the "neodevelopment project" which, buy the way, did not surpass the basis of the neoliberalism. Therefore, the objective of this work is to analyze the impeachment of Fernando Lugo, in order to identify the main causes and variables that influenced the process. It also seeks to ascertain the repercussions in the regional integration process, with the "application" of the "democratic clause". It is hypothesized that impeachment pronounced the "new tactic" of the local elite to (re) take the reins of power in the region. To do so, the facts are examined from the Marxist point of view.