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Half of Brazilians expect acting president to continue serving: poll

Half of Brazilians hope interim President Michel Temer to continue serving while nearly a third of them want suspended President Dilma Rousseff to return, a poll said Sunday.

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Brazilian former minister Bernardo Silva arrested on corruption charges

​A former Brazilian minister from Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff's Workers' Party (PT) was arrested Thursday in a police operation as part of the investigation into the Petrobras corruption ring, official sources said.

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Brazil's interim gov't concludes first month packed with scandals

​Brazil's interim government has concluded its first month in power with a cascade of scandals, which may undermine its reform plans and increase the suspended President Dilma Rousseff's chances of returning to power.

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Rousseff's defense team to file petitions to Supreme Court

The defense team for Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff announced Friday that they will file four petitions to the Supreme Federal Court concerning the impeachment process against her.

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Brazil's interim president plans to remain in office till 2019

Brazil's interim President Michel Temer said Friday he may stay in the current position until 2019.Temer took over the presidency Thursday from Brazil's first female President Dilma Rousseff, who was suspended from office for 180 days.

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Impeachment threatens Brazil's welfare programs: Rousseff

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who was suspended Thursday to face an impeachment trial, warned that the impeachment movement threatened key government welfare programs and recently-discovered deep-sea oil deposits.

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Brazil Senate notifies VP Temer of promotion to acting president

​Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer on Thursday signed a Senate notice promoting him to acting president, after lawmakers voted to open impeachment proceedings against suspended President Dilma Rousseff.

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Chronology of Brazil's impeachment process against Rousseff

The impeachment process against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is part of a prolonged crisis in the country since she won the presidential election in 2014.

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Brazil's Supreme Court rejects motion to annul Rousseff impeachment

​Brazil's Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed the government's motion to annul impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff.

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Rousseff's impeachment vote annulled at lower house, pressed ahead at Senate

Brazil's lower house on Monday announced a decision to nullify the chamber's vote on impeachment against President Dilma Rousseff, while the Senate decided to move forward and vote on the process on Wednesday as planned.

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2 Brazilian labor unions take actions to reject impeachment against President Rousseff

Two of Brazil's labor movements held various actions on Thursday rejecting the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff, according to news magazine, Veja.

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Brazil's Senate commission to vote on president's impeachment next week

The Brazilian Senate's special commission on the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff approved on Tuesday at its first meeting that it would vote on May 6 on whether the process should continue or not.

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Brazilian Senate forms Rousseff impeachment commission

The Brazilian Senate on Monday elected a special impeachment commission, which will analyze the case against President Dilma Rousseff starting on April 26, the commission said.

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Rousseff to attend UN ceremony in New York

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will travel to New York on Friday for the signing ceremony of the UN Paris Agreement on climate change, her office announced Wednesday.

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Rousseff's impeachment undermines Latin America's left

The vote in the Brazilian lower house of parliament on Sunday in favor of impeaching left-leaning President Dilma Rousseff has raised the alarm around the Latin American continent about the further weakening of socialism in the region.

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Brazil's embattled President Rousseff vows long battle against impeachment

Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vowed to wage a "long" fight against impeachment as Congress moved closer to putting her on trial in a deepening political crisis.