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Weekly Report - 14 April 2016 (WR-16-14)

BRAZIL: Brazil prepares for impeachment vote

At around 2pm on Sunday afternoon, Brazil’s 513 deputies to the federal lower chamber of congress will begin voting on whether to impeach President Dilma Rousseff. As they cast their votes, each will be allowed to speak from the podium; few are expected to shy away from a priceless moment of nationwide attention. The order of voting has been decided by geography: at the arrangement of Eduardo Cunha, the speaker of the lower chamber, deputies from southern Brazil, traditionally an area more hostile to the ruling left-wing Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), will go first. Outside congress, a steel barrier has been erected along the length of the ministerial esplanade, in the hope of avoiding clashes between rival camps. Around 9pm a vote is expected: 342 need to vote in favour for the impeachment process to continue. At the time of going to press, the opposition appears increasingly confident of having the votes it needs to secure impeachment.

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