World & Nation
After months of bitterly contested proceedings, Brazil’s Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office, marking a turbulent finale to 13 years of center-left government in Latin America’s largest country.
Aug. 31, 2016
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff took the stand at her impeachment trial in the country’s Senate Monday, and accused Brazil’s elites of threatening democracy in Latin America’s largest country.
Aug. 29, 2016
Brazilian lawmakers on Sunday reached the two-thirds majority necessary to authorize impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff.
April 18, 2016
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff faces huge challenges as she tries to govern the world’s fifth-most populous country during a period of serious economic turmoil.
March 1, 2016
Brazil’s Congress has initiated impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, bringing to a head a political crisis that has plagued Latin America’s largest country since her second term started in January.
Dec. 2, 2015
Dilma Rousseff has been suspended from the presidency of Latin America’s largest country by what she brands a coup d’etat, and she is fighting an uphill battle to save her political life.
July 5, 2016
Brazil’s Senate has voted to remove leftist President Dilma Rousseff from power and subject her to an impeachment trial, effectively handing the government over to an unpopular coalition of more conservative forces that will face an economic crisis as well as accusations they have seized power illegitimately.
May 12, 2016
Brazil’s lower house of Congress voted Sunday to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, setting the stage for her removal from office and a battle over the political future of Latin America’s most populous country.
April 17, 2016
Barely a month has passed since Brazil’s Senate voted overwhelmingly to remove President Dilma Rousseff, putting an end to both 13 years of Workers’ Party rule and a controversial impeachment process that seemed to drag on and on.
Oct. 5, 2016