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Brazil's Dilma Rousseff removed from presidential office after senator's impeachment vote

Dilma Rousseff has been removed from presidential office after Brazil’s Senate voted to impeach her.

31/08/2016

Brazil

Roussef brought down by bad timing and bad friends

Once upon a time she had fought as a guerilla against military dictatorship but in 2011, fully backed by outgoing President Lula Da Silva, Dilma Roussef became President of…

31/08/2016

Brazil

Decision day for Dilma: Brazilian president awaits outcome of impeachment vote

Today (August 31) could mark the beginning of a new era for Brazil, if the main prosecutor in suspended President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment trial has his way.

31/08/2016

Brazil

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff defends her record in marathon impeachment trial

Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff has accused her critics of using trumped charges against her to trample on the country’s democracy.

30/08/2016

Brazil

'Do not accept the coup' - Brazil's Rousseff testifies at impeachment hearing

We are about to witness a “serious violation” of the constitution and a “coup d’etat.

29/08/2016

Brazil

'I did not commit the crimes' - Brazil's Rousseff testifies in impeachment proceedings

Suspended Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has protested her innocence as she testified before the senate in impeachment proceedings.

29/08/2016

Brazil

[Watch] Brazil's Dilma Rousseff testifies at impeachment trial

29/08/2016

Brazil

End of the road for Brazil's suspended president Rousseff?

As witnesses take to the stand in the impeachment trial against Brazil’s suspended president Dilma Rousseff, political scientist David Fleischer says this is the end of the road for the embattled…

26/08/2016

Brazil

Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff appeals to the people to avoid impeachment

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff claims her threatened impeachment amounts to a coup and promises the people a referendum on early elections if she is returned to power.

17/08/2016

Brazil

Olympic angst in Rio favela

During the Olympics opening ceremony, Brazil paid tribute to its favelas.

13/08/2016

Brazil

Impeachment D-Day for Rousseff - once Rio Olympics are over

The fate of Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s suspended leftist leader, is set to be determined by the country’s Senate from August 25 – just days after the Closing Ceremony for the Rio Olympic…

13/08/2016

Brazil

Dilma Rousseff to stand trial after indictment by Brazil's Senate

Brazil’s Senate has voted to indict the country’s first female president.

10/08/2016

Brazil

Removing Rousseff - Dilma comes a step closer to impeachment

A Brazilian Senate impeachment committee has voted to put the country's suspended president on trial

04/08/2016

Brazil

Brazilian Senate committee votes that Rousseff should stand trial

A Senate impeachment committee has voted to put suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on trial for her alleged manipulation of the government budget to increase public…

04/08/2016

Brazil

Brazil: can the Olympics boost a country in limbo?

The Olympic torch may have arrived in Rio, but it does not seem to have ignited much joy in Brazil.

04/08/2016

Brazil

Brazil's former president Lula to stand trial on charges related to the Petrobras scandal

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is to stand trial on obstruction of justice charges related to the Petrobras corruption scandal.

29/07/2016

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Brazil: Rousseff denounces impeachment process as a 'farce'

Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff has presented her written defence to a Senate impeachment trial.

07/07/2016

Brazil

Brazil's interim president dismisses corruption allegations against him

Brazil’s interim president Michel Temer has dismissed graft allegations against him as dishonest and reckless.

17/06/2016

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Brazil: Rousseff supporters call for interim President Temer to be ousted

“Out with Temer” their banners read as supporters of Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff called for the removal of her interim…

11/06/2016

World News

Brazil anti-corruption minister quits after 'trying to spoil' corruption probe

Anti-corruption protesters in Brazil have been given yet more ammunition in their drive to clean up public life.

31/05/2016