Brazilian lawmakers vote on Rousseff impeachment

Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian lawmakers voted Sunday on whether President Dilma Rousseff should face impeachment trial in a tense, at times circus-like showdown watched live by millions around the deeply divided country. Months of rancorous debate that has seen Rousseff's ruling coalition collapse and prompted huge street demonstrations came to a head in the capital Brasilia, where the lower house of Congress was deciding whether to authorize an impeachment trial in the Senate. The vote foll