Brazil President Dilma Rousseff Now Facing An Impeachment Vote In The National Congress

BBC: Brazil coalition partners 'to vote for Rousseff impeachment'

Two former coalition partners of Brazil President Dilma Rousseff say they will vote for her impeachment over claims she manipulated government accounts.

The Progressive Party (PP), which quit the coalition on Tuesday, says most of its 47 MPs would vote for the impeachment.

The Republican Party (PRB) said its 22 members had been told to vote for it.

The move comes weeks after the PMDB, the largest party in the the lower house, voted to leave the coalition.

Ms Rousseff says her opponents are plotting a "coup".

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WNU Editor: A two-thirds is need to impeach a Brazilian President. As of yesterday (according to the above BBC post) .... 300 are for impeachment, 125 against, 88 unsure. It looks like this is going to go down to the wire with her fate being decided by her former coalition partners.

More News On Brazil's Political Crisis

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff accuses deputy of coup plot -- BBC
Brazil's Rousseff decries conspiracy as impeachment advances -- Reuters
Brazil president lashes out at VP over impeachment effort -- AP
President Dilma Rousseff accuses her deputy of 'conspiring' against her as she fights for her political life -- The Independent
Brazil’s Rousseff brands VP traitor over ‘coup’ conspiracy -- France 24
Brazil’s Rousseff Loses Another Coalition Partner -- WSJ
Brazil's PP party leaves Rousseff's government: party president -- Reuters
Attempted impeachment of Dilma Rousseff turns messy -- Financial Times
Could Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff be impeached? -- BBC
Brazil's 'impeachment wall' may be new but divisions have always been there -- Jonathan Watts, The Guardian
What's going on in Brazil and why people there are angry -- Jay Patel, BBC
Dilma Rousseff Is Close to Being Impeached, but Not All Brazilians Hate Her -- Donna Bowater, VICE News