Rousseff’s Final Impeachment Vote Just Hours Away in Brazil
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Rousseff, right, with her lawyer Jose Eduardo Cardozo, listens during her impeachment trial in Brasilia, Brazil, on Aug. 29, 2016.
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Brazilian senators are scheduled to hold their decisive impeachment vote around midday Wednesday, bringing to an end more than eight months of congressional proceedings that are expected to result in President Dilma Rousseff’s permanent ouster.
Chief Justice Ricardo Lewandowski, who is presiding over an impeachment trial in the Senate, said the chamber will start its final session at 11 a.m. local time (10 a.m. EST) on Wednesday and will hold the vote before lunch. He announced the decision on Tuesday during a pause in a session that ended up running well past midnight.