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December 3, 2015

Brazil: Congress Opens Impeachment Proceedings Against Dilma Rousseff 
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In Brazil, the Congress has opened impeachment proceedings against
President Dilma Rousseff amid a growing corruption scandal that has
rocked the government. The impeachment proceedings, which are the first
in Brazil since 1992, were brought by House Speaker Eduardo Cunha, who
faces his own corruption charges related to a million-dollar bribery
scheme involving the state-run oil company Petrobras.

 

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