Brazil's lower house votes to impeach President Dilma Rousseff; measure goes to Senate. Story · Comments. Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: Default font size: Larger font size. Share. Posted: Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:08 pm. Brazil's
A Brazilian congressional panel recommends impeaching President Dilma Rousseff. The former leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, spoke in support of Ms. Rousseff. By REUTERS on Publish Date April 12, 2016. Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/Agence
In a landmark vote on Sunday evening, Brazil's lower house of Congress, the Chamber of Deputies, supported impeaching President Dilma Rousseff, The Associated Press reports. The vote was 367 to 137 with seven abstentions. Two deputies were not
If the motion is approved, Rousseff could be suspended as early as May. That would be about three months before the Summer Olympics kick off in Rio, an event that was supposed to showcase Brazil as a rising power on the global stage. Two-thirds of the
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