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'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.

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'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.

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

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Brazil: Rousseff denies charges and says she's fighting for truth and justice

Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff has robustly denied charges against here as she testified in her impeachment trial.

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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…

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Brazil: suspended President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment trial opens

Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is officially on trial, on accusations of breaking budget laws.

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Brazil: Rousseff's impeachment trial due to open

Brazil’s Senate is due to open the impeachment trial of suspended president Dilma Rousseff, who is facing charges of breaking budget laws.

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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.

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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…

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

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

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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

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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…

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In run-up to Rio Games, thousands rally for and against Rousseff

Brazilians demonstrate peacefully for and against Dilma Rousseff's impeachment in Rio de Janeiro, five days before the Olympics start.

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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.

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Jacques Wagner, a former government minister in Brazil is confident Dilma Rousseff can return to power

Brazil is experiencing an unprecedented moment in its history with the removal of the elected President Dilma Rousseff.

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Brazil's economic struggle and the counterintuitive oracle of technology

Brazil's interim president Michel Temerm promises economic as well political calm, but he faces a massive challenge, and Warren Buffett's surprise technology investment choices.

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Brazil's Workers' Party tells euronews "world should reject coup"

Brazil’s Workers’ Party has launched a diplomatic offensive against the country’s interim president.

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Rousseff attacks Brazil's 'illegitimate' interim government and vows to return

Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff has repeated to foreign journalists her defiant message that she will fight to return to government. The

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Brazil's new government sets sights on reversing economic slump

Brazil’s newly installed Cabinet is getting to work, in the wake of Dilma Rousseff’s suspension. The economy is a priority for incoming interim

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With Michel Temer at the head, what's next for Brazil?

He’s the man of the moment in Brazil, but relatively unknown on the international stage. Michel Temer has taken the reins as president, for an as-yet