Bolsonaro win in Congress seen hindering impeachment drive
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Lawmakers supported by President Jair Bolsonaro have been elected to head both houses of Brazil’s Congress in a major victory for the conservative leader’s effort to fend off a potential impeachment effort. In the most crucial decision Monday, Arthur Lira of the center-right Progressive party was chosen as speaker of the Chamber of Deputies with 302 votes against 145 for his main adversary. Any impeachment move would have to start in the lower house. Hou
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