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| The Latest: Impeachment proceedings begin in Brazil | |
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| BRASILIA, Brazil — The Latest on the attempt in Brazil’s Congress to impeach President Dilma Rousseff (all times local): | BRASILIA, Brazil — The Latest on the attempt in Brazil’s Congress to impeach President Dilma Rousseff (all times local): |
| 2:10 p.m. | |
| Brazil’s lower house of Congress has begun a session on whether to impeach President Dilma Rousseff for allegedly breaking fiscal rule in her management of the budget. | |
| A vote is expected later in the day. | |
| House Speaker Eduardo Cunha has opened Sunday’s session with a speech outlining the accusations against Rousseff. He’s been leading the drive for impeachment. | |
| Rousseff says she has done nothing wrong and notes she has not been charged with a crime. She and her supporters have argued that opponents are staging a “coup” against a democratically elected government. | |
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| 1: 20 p.m. | 1: 20 p.m. |
| Several thousand protesters are arriving in Brazil’s capital ahead of an expected vote in Congress on whether to impeach Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. | Several thousand protesters are arriving in Brazil’s capital ahead of an expected vote in Congress on whether to impeach Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. |
| In attempts to keep things peaceful, authorities have set up a wall that traverses the esplanade in front of Congress. The wall is over a mile (kilometer) long. | In attempts to keep things peaceful, authorities have set up a wall that traverses the esplanade in front of Congress. The wall is over a mile (kilometer) long. |
| Supporters of Rousseff are being directed to one side while detractors pushing for her impeachment are going to the other side. | Supporters of Rousseff are being directed to one side while detractors pushing for her impeachment are going to the other side. |
| A vote in the lower Chamber of Deputies is expected later Sunday. | A vote in the lower Chamber of Deputies is expected later Sunday. |
| Rousseff is accused of using sleight-of-hand accounting techniques to hide deficits and shore up support for her embattled government. Rousseff says she has done nothing wrong and notes she has not been charged with a crime. | Rousseff is accused of using sleight-of-hand accounting techniques to hide deficits and shore up support for her embattled government. Rousseff says she has done nothing wrong and notes she has not been charged with a crime. |
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