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  • Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff ousted in impeachment vote

    08/31/2016 1:56:47 PM PDT · by Rockitz · 32 replies
    WaPo ^ | 31 August 2016 | Marina Lopes and Dom Phillips
    BRASILIA — Brazil’s Senate ousted Dilma Rousseff as president Wednesday, voting overwhelmingly to impeach the leftist leader in the culmination of a protracted process that has divided the country. The vote to impeach Rousseff was 61 to 20. Two-thirds of senators — 54 out of 81 — were needed for impeachment to pass. Senators broke into cheering and applause after the electronic voting was announced and sang the national anthem, concluding a process that was given the go-ahead in December. But a second vote to strip Rousseff of her political rights for eight years fell well short of the required...