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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will temporarily step aside after a clear majority of senators voted to go ahead with impeachment proceedings early Thursday.
In addition to the charges of tampering with the budget, Rousseff has also been accused of involvement in a vast corruption scandal involving state oil company Petrobras.
Brazil's Senate voted overwhelmingly to try President Dilma Rousseff for alleged manipulation of the country's budget. She's now suspended as president asimpeachment proceedings move forward.
From the 3rd largest nation in the Western Hemisphere---Brazil's Senatevoted to impeach the President. In a vote of 55 to 22, lawmakers accepted the charges against Ms. Rousseff, accusing her of borrowing from state banks to conceal a looming deficit, a budgetary sleight of hand that critics say was aimed at securing her re-election two years ago.
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