10-08-2016 18:51 via abqjournal.com

Updated: In setback for Brazil’s Rousseff, Senate puts her on trial

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to put suspended President Dilma Rousseff on trial, bringing the nation’s first female president a step closer to being permanently removed and underscoring her failure to change lawmakers’ minds the last several months. After some 15 hours of debate, senators voted 59-21 to put her […]
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