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Urgent: Brazil's lower house votes in favor of impeaching Rousseff

Xinhua, April 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies on Sunday evening voted in favor of impeaching President Dilma Rousseff after the move gained a two-thirds majority, or 342 votes.

The outcome means that the Senate will now open a formal impeachment trial against Rousseff in the coming weeks. Endi