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Rousseff set to lose impeachment vote Brazil crisis: Rousseff loses lower house impeachment vote
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Brazil's governing Workers' Party admits defeat in lower house impeachment vote against President Dilma Rousseff Brazil's lower house has voted to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff over charges of manipulating government accounts.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The "yes" camp secured a two-thirds majority after a lengthy session in the capital Brasilia.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. The motion will now be sent to the upper house, the Senate, which is expected to suspend Ms Rousseff while it carries out a formal trial.
She denies the charges, accusing her opponents of mounting a coup".
Brazil's governing Workers' Party said "the fight continues now in the Senate".
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