BRAZIL - ROUSSEFF - IMPEACHMENT - DEMO Stock Image

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BRAZIL, Sao Paulo: Supporters of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff demonstrate in Sao Paulo, before the voting of lawmakers at the Congress in Brasilia over the impeachment of Rousseff, on April 17, 2016. Brazilian lawmakers on Sunday reached the two thirds majority necessary to authorize impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. The lower house vote sends Rousseff's case to the Senate, which can vote to open a trial. A two thirds majority in the upper house would eject her from office. Rousseff, whose approval rating has plunged to a dismal 10 percent, faces charges of embellishing public accounts to mask the budget deficit during her 2014 reelection.

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