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nitpicker

(7,153 posts) Thu May 12, 2016, 06:03 AM May 2016

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff to face impeachment trial

Source: BBC

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff to face impeachment trial

11 minutes ago

From the section Latin America & Caribbean

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is to face trial after the Senate voted to impeach and suspend her. Ms Rousseff is accused of illegally manipulating finances to hide a growing public deficit ahead of her re-election in 2014, which she denies.

Senators voted to suspend her by 55 votes to 22 after an all-night session that lasted more than 20 hours. Vice-President Michel Temer will now assume the presidency while Ms Rousseff's trial takes place.

The trial may last up to 180 days, which would mean Ms Rousseff would be suspended during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, which start on 5 August.

Ms Rousseff made a last-ditch appeal to the Supreme Court to stop proceedings, but the move was rejected.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36273916

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Brazil's Dilma Rousseff to face impeachment trial (Original Post) nitpicker May 2016 OP

She shouldn't have tried to save Lula Recursion May 2016 #1

Yeah iandhr May 2016 #4

This is sad news! floppyboo May 2016 #2

I heard on the radio this could be a fascist political take over Equinox Moon May 2016 #3

This is going to cause havoc in thier political system. blackspade May 2016 #5

This summer's Olympics is shaping up to be more and more fun all the time. nt villager May 2016 #6

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

1. She shouldn't have tried to save Lula

Reply to nitpicker (Original post)

Thu May 12, 2016, 06:07 AM

May 2016

That was the straw that broke the vicuña's back...

iandhr

(6,852 posts)

4. Yeah

Reply to Recursion (Reply #1)

Thu May 12, 2016, 09:08 AM

May 2016

If I understand correctly it seems that every politician in Brazil is being investigated in the oil company scandal from both the left and the right. So if she goes down the people are trying to take her down will probably go down as well.