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The Brazilian Senate has voted 61-20 in an impeachment trial to remove President Dilma Rousseff, saying she has manipulated the budget to hide economic problems. Rousseff says that her removal is a parliamentary coup and that senators have “decided to rip up the constitution.”
The New York Times (free-article access for SmartBrief readers) (31 Aug.)