Thursday 1 September 2016

Brazil first female President impeached

Brazil senate on Wednesday voted out President Dilma Rousseff from office on charges of breaking of budget laws.
Until her removal from office, Rousseff was Brazil first female president, she was accused of manipulating state budget as she ran for reelection in 2014 and also accused of improperly granting loans to the federal government from state owned banks.
It was reported that 61 to 20 votes in the upper house of congress ended her 13 year reign as Brazil president under the Leftist worker party.
Michel Temer of the centre right Brazilian Democratic movement party would take over from her in the interim until the country's next election in 2018.

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