Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff makes a toast with Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (not pictured) during a Summit of Heads of State of MERCOSUR and Associated States and Meeting of the Common Market Council in Brasilia July 17, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's largest party is standing by deeply unpopular President Dilma Rousseff for now despite the defection of one of its own leaders, but that could change if an expected recession stirs up social unrest, party leaders say.
Rousseff is struggling to save her presidency amid the worst economic downturn in 25 years and a political crisis set off by a massive kickback scandal at state-run oil company Petrobras implicating dozens of politicians from her coalition.
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