Brazilian Senate sacks President Rousseff

As expected, the Brazilian Senate has voted to sack President Dilma Rousseff after a nine-month impeachment process.

The Brazilian upper house sanctioned her impeachment thereby confirming the country’s shift to the right, ending 13 years of leftist Workers Party rule.

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Rousseff was sacked after more than two-thirds of the 81-seat Senate convicted her of breaking budget laws.

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