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| The Latest: Impeachment protests in other Brazilian cities | |
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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): |
| 2:50 p.m. | |
| Impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff have kicked off in Brasilia and demonstrations for and against the government are happening in other Brazilian cities. | |
| In Rio de Janeiro, several thousand government supporters are rallying on Copacabana Beach. | |
| The lower Chamber of Deputies is expected to vote Sunday on whether to impeach Rousseff for allegedly breaking fiscal rules in her handling of the budget. Rousseff denies wrongdoing. | |
| Retiree Jader Alves says that if Rousseff is impeached, he’ll be back on the streets. In his words, “My president was elected in 2014 and she will remain in office until 2018, no matter what.” | |
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| 2:10 p.m. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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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