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Urgent: Brazilian Senate decides to hold impeachment trial for Rousseff

Xinhua, August 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Brazilian Senate voted in the early hours of Wednesday to submit suspended President Dilma Rousseff to an impeachment trial.

Rousseff is accused of committing fiscal fraud to balance the 2014 budget. She will be submitted to trial by the Senate, which is expected to take place in late August or early Septemb