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Weekly Report - 28 April 2016 (WR-16-16)

BRAZIL: Preparing for a bitter divorce

Fifty-one senators have stated their intention to submit President Dilma Rousseff to an impeachment trial, according to the daily newspaper Folha de São Paulo. Other newspapers differ in their tallies by one or two, but it now looks highly likely that Michel Temer, the vice-president, will be president of Brazil by mid-May. To open an impeachment trial, just a simple majority of senators – 41 – need to vote in favour. A vote is now expected by 11 May.

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