Brazil lawmakers open key debate on Rousseff impeachment

Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's lower house of Congress opened debate Friday on impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff ahead of a vote this weekend that could seal her fate. Hours earlier, the Supreme Court rejected an 11th hour bid by the increasingly isolated leftist president to have impeachment proceedings suspended. The lower house has power to throw out the impeachment when it votes Sunday, but if it votes in favor, as seems increasingly likely, Rousseff will be sent to trial in the Sena