Brazil's interim President Michel Temer (R) and his Foreign Minister Jose Serra attend a credentials presentation ceremony of several new diplomats, at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's new foreign minister, Jose Serra, has ordered diplomats to rebut any government, media or international organisation that criticizes the impeachment of suspended President Dilma Rousseff, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.
The nine-page document cited a dozen examples of censure of the impeachment process that removed Rousseff from office this month made by governments and other entities to which diplomats needed to respond in defence of Brazil's political process.
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