World & Nation
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff took the stand at her impeachment trial in the country’s Senate Monday, and accused Brazil’s elites of threatening democracy in Latin America’s largest country.
After months of bitterly contested proceedings, Brazil’s Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office, marking a turbulent finale to 13 years of center-left government in Latin America’s largest country.
Brazilian lawmakers on Sunday reached the two-thirds majority necessary to authorize impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff faces huge challenges as she tries to govern the world’s fifth-most populous country during a period of serious economic turmoil.
Brazil’s Congress has initiated impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, bringing to a head a political crisis that has plagued Latin America’s largest country since her second term started in January.
Dilma Rousseff has been suspended from the presidency of Latin America’s largest country by what she brands a coup d’etat, and she is fighting an uphill battle to save her political life.
Brazil’s Senate has voted to remove leftist President Dilma Rousseff from power and subject her to an impeachment trial, effectively handing the government over to an unpopular coalition of more conservative forces that will face an economic crisis as well as accusations they have seized power illegitimately.
Brazil’s lower house of Congress voted Sunday to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, setting the stage for her removal from office and a battle over the political future of Latin America’s most populous country.
Barely a month has passed since Brazil’s Senate voted overwhelmingly to remove President Dilma Rousseff, putting an end to both 13 years of Workers’ Party rule and a controversial impeachment process that seemed to drag on and on.