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Brazil: Dilma Rousseff puts in last-ditch effort ahead of impeachment vote

Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has put in a last-ditch effort ahead of Sunday’s impeachment vote (April 17). The country’s first female

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Rousseff cancels televised speech ahead of impeachment vote

Brazil’s president cancelled an televised speech on Friday night for fears it would spark demonstrations. Dilma Rousseff was expected to defend her

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Rousseff asks Brazil court to halt impeachment proceedings

Brazil’s Supreme Court upheld on Thursday (April 14) the voting order fixed by the lower house of Congress for Sunday’s impeachment vote, a setback

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Brazil: impeachment step-by-step

The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff is on a political knife edge. There is the very real threat she could be voted out of office. But she is in

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Brazilian president accuses top political figures of leading coup against her

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff who is facing impeachment has denounced what she describes as a conspiracy to overthrow her suggesting that her

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Brazilian committee recommends Rousseff impeachment

Committee recommends Rousseff impeachment Ex-president, Lula da Silva says it’s coup Vice-president releases audio tape in major gaffe

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Brazil: President Rousseff pushed one step closer to impeachment

‘Minimal indications’ of wrongdoing exist to put Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on trial for corruption, according to a report by Congressman

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Brazil: Lula rallies support for Dilma as impeachment looms

Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been rallying support for his beleaguered political protégé and successor Dilma Rousseff as

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Protesters in Sao Paolo want Dilma Rousseff out

A day after pro-Rousseff demos in Brazil, her detractors took to the streets to demand she leaves office.

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Thousands turn out in defence of beleaguered Brazilian president

Thousands have turned out in defence of President Dilma Rousseff, who faces possible impeachment

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Supporters rally to save Brazil's President Rousseff from impeachment

Thousands rally in support of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff as she fights efforts to oust her from office

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Brazil: President Dilma Rousseff fighting for her political life

Abandoned by her her vice-president, Michel Temer, many of her allies and fighting for her political life with calls for impeachment strengthening it

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Brazil: Major blow for Rousseff as PMDB quits coalition

Brazil’s largest party said on Tuesday that it is quitting President Dilma Rousseff’s governing coalition and pulling its members from her

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Problems mount, impeachment process begins for Brazil's Rousseff

Dilma Rousseff’s problems are growing by the day. Brazil’s lower house of Congress has launched impeachment proceedings against the president

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Popularity boost for Brazil's Rousseff? Lula da Silva to become chief of staff

Former President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is to take over as chief of staff for current leader Dilma Rousseff at a time of economic and

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Brazilian president in show of support for her predecessor

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff made a brief appearance at the home of her predecessor Lula da Silva on Saturday, a day after he was questioned in

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Brazilians march in support of Rousseff impeachment

Hundreds of thousands of critics of President Dilma Rousseff have marched across several cities in Brazil to support impeachment proceedings opened

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Brazil's Supreme Court halts impeachment against President Rousseff

Brazil’s Supreme Court has suspended action by a special congressional commission which was looking into impeachment proceedings against President

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Brazil thrown even further off-balance by pressure to oust Rousseff

The bid to impeach Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is expected to slow efforts to reboot Latin America’s biggest economy. The acceptance by the

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Brazil: Federal Court says Rousseff government cooked the books

Brazil’s beleaguered President has been dealt another major blow. The country’s federal court has rejected Dilma Rousseff’s government’s latest