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Brazil President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment divides country

CBC Radio | Posted: April 21, 2016 2:40 PM | Last Updated: April 21, 2016

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Caption: Anti-government demonstrators celebrate after the lower house of Congress voted to impeach Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, April 17, 2016. The measure now goes to the Senate. (Silvia Izquierdo/Associated Press)

Audio | The Current : Brazil President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment divides country

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The lower house of Brazil's congress voted 367 to 137 to remove president Dilma Rousseff from office, April 17.
Rousseff was accused of illegally borrowing money from the state bank to paper over the country's deficit. But the president denounced the impeachment as a coup and vowed to fight back as supporters of her Worker's Party took to the streets.

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Caption: A supporter of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff reacts while watching the televised impeachment vote in the lower house of Congress in Brasilia, April 17, 2016. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)

This political drama is unfolding only months before Brazil is slated to host the summer Olympics.
Stephanie Nolen(external link), The Globe & Mail's Latin America bureau chief(external link), joined The Current's Anna Maria Tremonti from Rio De Janeiro to talk about the implications of the impeachment and Brazil's precarious politics.
This segment was produced by The Current's Josh Bloch.
RELATED LINKS
♦ Coup' bid, misogyny behind impeachment attempt, Rousseff says(external link)
♦ Power shift under way in Brazil as lawmakers vote to impeach Rousseff(external link)

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