 However, he was critical of austerity and high interest rates after 2010, arguing that these were unnecessary and led to a prolonged recession.Weisbrot argued against the impeachment of former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff in 2016 and the corruption conviction of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2018, pointing to a lack of precedent and evidence to justify the proceedings.Articles in "The New York Times", "USA Today", and "The Washington Post" describe Weisbrot as supportive of the policies implemented during Hugo Chávez's presidency.