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Tension in Brazil as MP’s begin Rousseff’s impeachment debate
There is palpable tension on the streets of Brazil as Members of Parliament begin proceedings that could see the toppling of incumbent President Dilma Rousseff over corruption charges.
There are planned street protests amid parliamentary proceedings and rival members of the Brazilian government are expected to take part in the controversial impeachment debate.
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The parliamentary sessions, over Rousseff’s impeachment will go on until Sunday, will lead to a vote that could take Rousseff, 68, closer to being driven from office.
Rousseff is facing charges of breaking budget laws- a corruption scandal that has reached her inner circle and she is fighting to survive a likely devastating political storm prompted by the worse depression to hit the country since the Great Depression in the 1930’s.
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