Supporters of Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party joined street rallies on Friday to back the beleaguered government of President Dilma Rousseff, while her opponents in Congress started the clock on impeachment proceedings.
Brazil’s political crisis also reached the Supreme Court, which has received a dozen motions to suspend this week’s appointment of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as Rousseff’s chief of staff.
The post, which has inflamed government opponents, gives a boost to Lula’s political heir and also provides him with legal shield from graft investigators, as only the Supreme Court has jurisdiction over cases involving sitting cabinet ministers.
Before Friday’s pro-government protests, thousands of supporters gathered on Sao Paulo’s Paulista Avenue, clad in the bright red Workers’ Party shirts and surrounded by a heavy police presence.
Brazil Energy Insight 
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