Brazil's Lower House Votes To Impeach President Dilma Rousseff -- News Roundup

Reuters: Congressional vote moves Brazil's Rousseff closer to impeachment

Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff suffered a humiliating loss when the lower house of Congress voted to impeach her on Sunday, leaving her almost certain to be forced from office months before the nation hosts the Olympics.

Fireworks lit up the night sky in Brazil's megacities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro after the opposition comfortably surpassed the two-thirds majority needed to send Rousseff for trial in the Senate on charges of manipulating budget accounts.

The floor of the lower house was a sea of Brazilian flags and pumping fists as dozens of lawmakers carried in their arms the deputy who cast the decisive 342nd vote, after three days of a marathon debate.

The final tally was 367 votes cast in favor of impeachment, versus 137 against, and seven abstentions. Two lawmakers did not show up to vote.

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WNU Editor: The Brazilian government still believes that this impeachment process will be stopped .... Brazil's government says confident Senate will dismiss impeachment (Reuters). What's my take .... she is in trouble.

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