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Brazil divided over Dilma Rousseff impeachment
Rival rallies staged across Brazil in favour of and against impeachment trial of country’s first female president.
Published On 12 May 2016
Brazil’s senators have voted in favour of Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment trial. It means Rousseff is suspended for six months while under investigation.
She is accused of illegally manipulating the budget in order to hide a growing deficit.
Brazilians are divided over the process, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets in rival rallies.