Dilma Rousseff On Impeachment

Media report says an executive from meatpacking giant JBS, Joesley Batista, met with Michel Temer on March 7, where Batista recorded himself telling Temer that he was paying money to buy the silence of disgraced ex-speaker of the lower house Eduardo Cunha.

The Senate's dismissal on Wednesday of Dilma Rousseff, the least popular president since Brazil returned to democracy three decades ago, handed power to a politician almost as unpopular, vice president Michel Temer.

Senators on Wednesday fired Dilma Rousseff as Brazil's president at an impeachment trial, ending 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest country.

President Dilma Rousseff's opponents made a final call at her impeachment trial on Tuesday for her removal, not just for breaking budget rules, but for plunging Brazil into a political and economic crisis amid a sweeping corruption scandal.

A defiant President Dilma Rousseff warned Brazilians on Monday that her conservative opponents were trampling on democracy by using trumped-up charges to oust her and roll back the social advances of the past 13 years.

Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff will confront her accusers on Monday in a dramatic finale to a Senate impeachment trial likely to end 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest country.

Angry quarrels erupted at suspended Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff's impeachment trial on Friday, while her key ally, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, faced corruption charges on a day of turmoil for Latin America's biggest country.

Angry exchanges erupted at suspended Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff's impeachment trial Friday, while her key ally, Luiz Lula Inacio da Silva, faced corruption charges on a day of turmoil for Latin America's biggest country.

Brazil's Senate began the trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday after a lengthy impeachment process that has paralyzed the politics of Latin America's largest nation and is expected to culminate in her removal from office next week.

Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff admitted on Tuesday she had made mistakes, but said she had done nothing worthy of impeachment in an address just over a week before she goes on trial.

Brazil's Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws and to begin an impeachment trial that is expected to oust her from office and end 13 years of rule by the Workers Party.

Brazil's Senate met on Tuesday to vote on whether to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws, in the long-awaited start of the trial phase of impeachment proceedings against her.

Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff said she is preparing a letter to Brazilians that will offer a new political pact that could include a referendum on calling early elections if she survives an impeachment trial in the Senate.

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff said she would call a referendum on holding early elections if she is reinstated as president, an offer analysts saw as a bid to sway undecided senators to help clear her in an impeachment trial.

Brazil's interim government on Thursday pushed for speeding up the impeachment process against suspended president Dilma Rousseff, who could be forced from office just as Rio starts hosting the Olympic Games.

Media report says an executive from meatpacking giant JBS, Joesley Batista, met with Michel Temer on March 7, where Batista recorded himself telling Temer that he was paying money to buy the silence of disgraced ex-speaker of the lower house Eduardo Cunha.

The Senate's dismissal on Wednesday of Dilma Rousseff, the least popular president since Brazil returned to democracy three decades ago, handed power to a politician almost as unpopular, vice president Michel Temer.

Senators on Wednesday fired Dilma Rousseff as Brazil's president at an impeachment trial, ending 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest country.

President Dilma Rousseff's opponents made a final call at her impeachment trial on Tuesday for her removal, not just for breaking budget rules, but for plunging Brazil into a political and economic crisis amid a sweeping corruption scandal.

A defiant President Dilma Rousseff warned Brazilians on Monday that her conservative opponents were trampling on democracy by using trumped-up charges to oust her and roll back the social advances of the past 13 years.

Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff will confront her accusers on Monday in a dramatic finale to a Senate impeachment trial likely to end 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest country.

Angry quarrels erupted at suspended Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff's impeachment trial on Friday, while her key ally, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, faced corruption charges on a day of turmoil for Latin America's biggest country.

Angry exchanges erupted at suspended Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff's impeachment trial Friday, while her key ally, Luiz Lula Inacio da Silva, faced corruption charges on a day of turmoil for Latin America's biggest country.

Brazil's Senate began the trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday after a lengthy impeachment process that has paralyzed the politics of Latin America's largest nation and is expected to culminate in her removal from office next week.

Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff admitted on Tuesday she had made mistakes, but said she had done nothing worthy of impeachment in an address just over a week before she goes on trial.

Brazil's Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws and to begin an impeachment trial that is expected to oust her from office and end 13 years of rule by the Workers Party.

Brazil's Senate met on Tuesday to vote on whether to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws, in the long-awaited start of the trial phase of impeachment proceedings against her.

Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff said she is preparing a letter to Brazilians that will offer a new political pact that could include a referendum on calling early elections if she survives an impeachment trial in the Senate.

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff said she would call a referendum on holding early elections if she is reinstated as president, an offer analysts saw as a bid to sway undecided senators to help clear her in an impeachment trial.

Brazil's interim government on Thursday pushed for speeding up the impeachment process against suspended president Dilma Rousseff, who could be forced from office just as Rio starts hosting the Olympic Games.