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Majority of Brazil senators back Rousseff impeachment

by Sebastian Smith BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff prepared Thursday to cede power to her vice president-turned-enemy, Michel Temer, after a majority of the Senate backed suspending her and opening an impeachment trial. With a marathon 17-hour debate continuing through the night ahead of a vote, the writing was already on the wall for Brazil’s first female president. Only a simple majority of the 81-member Senate is required to suspend Rousseff for […]