Brazil Government Attempts to Block Impeachment in Top Court
- Supreme Court will hold special session to rule on appeals
- Opposition argues Rousseff broke the law by masking a deficit
A band plays during a protest against impeachment proceedings for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Dec. 8, 2015.
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Brazil’s government is attempting to block efforts to impeach President Dilma Rousseff by asking the Supreme Court to annul the process in Congress and suspend a key vote scheduled for Sunday.
The Supreme Court will hold a special session later on Thursday to rule on a number of appeals against Rousseff’s impeachment filed by Brazil’s attorney general and government allies, the court’s president Ricardo Lewandowski said.