Tag: Brazilean Senate

• Friday, August 26th 2016 - 06:19 UTC

  Rousseff impeachment begins; huge metal barricades outside Congress to separate rival demonstrators

  

  Brazilian Senators launched the impeachment trial of suspended president Dilma Rousseff on Thursday expected to end 13 years of populist rule in Latin America's biggest economy. The friendly spirit of the Rio Olympic Games faded and tension returned as the emotionally charged affair neared its climax, with Rousseff facing removal from office within days.

• Thursday, August 25th 2016 - 08:39 UTC

  Final round for Rousseff who is moving belongings to Porto Alegre; Temer readies to travel to G20 summit in China

  

  The Brazilian Senate will open the impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff this Thursday and hear witnesses for and against the populist leader who is expected to be removed from office next week on charges of breaking budget laws.

• Monday, August 22nd 2016 - 10:59 UTC

  With Olympics over, Rousseff and Temer begin last chapters of survival game

  

  With the Rio Olympics over, Brazil’s attention returns to its long-running political drama as the country’s Senate starts the final phase of suspended President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment trial, a proceeding widely expected to permanently remove her from power.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2016 - 03:07 UTC

  In last-ditch attempt Rousseff promises to advance elections if she's not impeached

  

  Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff, on Tuesday pledged to open the door to an early general election if she survives an upcoming vote in the Brazilian Senate on ousting her less than half-way through her second term.

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2016 - 07:24 UTC

  Brazilian caipirinha: Rousseff impeachment and Olympics take off this week

  

  Brazil's long-running presidential impeachment drama starts to unveil this week just as the Rio Olympics sprints out of the starting blocks. Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who is accused of breaking budgetary laws, is staying away from the opening ceremony in Rio.

• Monday, August 1st 2016 - 12:41 UTC

  Roussseff's impeachment should be resolved by end of August, says Temer

  

  Brazil's political uncertainty must be resolved by the end of August -- its Olympic-hosting month -- by reaching a verdict in the impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff, her interim replacement has said. Michel Temer, the vice president who has been acting head of state since May, said he expected Rousseff would be definitively booted from office. That would make him president until the next elections in 2018.

• Thursday, May 12th 2016 - 08:37 UTC

  Senate votes to remove Rousseff, but the target number is 54, two thirds of the upper house

  

  A clear majority of Brazil's Senate indicated on Thursday it will vote to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial for breaking budget laws, signaling the end of 13 years of rule by the populist Workers Party in Latin America's largest nation.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2016 - 07:32 UTC

  Only five of the Brazilian Senate 21-member committee declared support for Rousseff

  

  Brazil’s Senate chose the 21 members of a commission that will recommend whether or not to move forward with impeachment proceedings against embattled President Dilma Rousseff. As was expected, the Senate picked a committee stacked with supporters of impeachment that will report back on whether to put Rousseff on trial. Only five of the committee’s 21 members have declared their support for the populist president.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2016 - 09:14 UTC

  Temer prepares to take over, but Rousseff followers pledge to fight in the Senate and in the streets

  

  Financial markets in Brazil, and globally, are betting that with the exit of president Dilma Rousseff, a more business friendly government will take over helping Latin America's largest economy to kick-start with vice-president Michel Temer, who apparently is working on a wide ranging 'national coalition' and 'salvation cabinet'.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2016 - 08:23 UTC

  Rousseff vows to fight impeachment 'to the very end' in the Senate, where she is short of ten votes

  

  Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff vowed on Monday to fight impeachment to the very end in the Senate after a Sunday heavy defeat in the lower house of Congress raised the likelihood of an end to her administration and 13 years of populist rule in Latin America's largest economy.