Brazil in crisis after Rousseff impeachment vote

Brasília (AFP) - Brazil awoke Monday to a deep political crisis after lawmakers authorized impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, sparking claims that democracy was under threat in Latin America's biggest country. Opposition deputies in the lower house of Congress needed 342 of the 513 votes, or a two thirds majority, to send Rousseff to the Senate, which will now decide whether to open a trial. Wild cheering and a burst of confetti erupted from opposition ranks at the