Brazil Is Throwing a Big Impeachment Party
- Decisive vote set for Sunday in bitterly divided country
- Inflatable Lula has a Twitter account in the social-media war
Brazil Knuckles Down for Impeachment Sunday Spectacle
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On Sunday, at 2 p.m., the bitter political drama that has all but paralyzed Brazil will take its climactic turn. The country is ready. Barricades are up on the esplanade in front of the National Congress. A big soccer match has been rescheduled, shopping malls may close. Huge outdoor screens will broadcast the vote by the Chamber of Deputies that could put President Dilma Rousseff a hair’s breadth from impeachment.
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