Tag: impeachment

• Monday, May 17th 2021 - 09:54 UTC

  Datafolha says 49% of Brazilians support Bolsonaro's impeachment

  

  A survey by pollsters Datafolha revealed 49% of Brazilians were in favour of impeaching President Jair Bolsonaro, it was reported.

• Thursday, April 1st 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  Brazil's VP hails 1964 coup as lawmakers seek Bolsonaro's impeachment

  

  Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao Wednesday commemorated the 57th anniversary of the last coup d'etat in the country as lawmakers pressed for the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Monday, February 15th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Trump acquitted and pledges “to continue the incredible journey to achieve American greatness”

  

  The United States Senate finally acquitted former President Donald Trump, concluding his second impeachment trial which is the shortest one in US history.

• Wednesday, February 10th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  US Senate voted to impeach ex president Donald Trump, 56 to 44

  

  AFP – The United States Senate voted to proceed with the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, and rejected defense arguments that it was unconstitutional. His lawyers argued that Mr. Trump should not face a trial in the Senate for inciting insurrection because he was no longer president.

• Saturday, January 23rd 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  Trump's impeachment delayed to concentrate on president Biden's agenda

  

  U.S. Senate leaders agreed to delay ex-president Donald Trump’s contentious impeachment trial by two weeks, and to concentrate on President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda and Cabinet nominees.

• Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Trump impeached for a second time, but the objective is to bar him from running for office in 2024

  

  US President Donald Trump was impeached Wednesday for an unprecedented second time, facing blame for inciting an insurrection over his election loss that culminated in a deadly riot in the Capitol last week.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Trump concedes: “a new administration will be inaugurated” and condemns his violent supporters

  

  United States President Donald Trump has finally conceded the 2020 election victory to president-elect Joe Biden in a new video published on his YoutTube channel condemning his violent supporters who stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  Peru's congress approves motion for an impeachment to remove president Vizcarra

  

  Peru’s Congress approved on Monday a motion to initiate a process to remove President Martín Vizcarra from office over corruption allegations, a month and a half after he survived a prior impeachment trial.

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 12:31 UTC

  Uruguayan lawmaker, ex Commander-in-Chief, avoids the lifting of immunity due to accord in ruling coalition

  

  It is ten o'clock in the morning and the Senate of Uruguay has several hours of intense debate ahead of it. Only few minutes before midnight, the ruling coalition of parties will have put the lid on the criminal investigation against their partner and current leader of the Cabildo Abierto, investigated for the alleged omission of denouncing the confessions of crimes against humanity made by a former military man before a Court of Honor in 2018.

• Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Furious Bolsonaro slams the Supreme Court for investigating his supporters

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro slammed Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday for investigating an alleged disinformation and intimidation campaign involving his supporters, as a political crisis mushroomed amid the country's accelerating COVID-19 outbreak.