Brazil's Senate has voted to impeach 68year old President Dilma Rousseff after a monthslong fight with barely 3months to hosts Olympics over corruption and economic decay.
The Senate no has 180 days to conduct a trial and decide whether Rousseff should be permanently removed from office.
Rousseff's enraged backers called the move a coup d'etat and threatened wide-scale protests and strikes. Her foes, meanwhile, insisted that she had broken the law and that the country's deep political, social and economic woes could be tackled only with her on the sideline.
The Senate no has 180 days to conduct a trial and decide whether Rousseff should be permanently removed from office.
Rousseff's enraged backers called the move a coup d'etat and threatened wide-scale protests and strikes. Her foes, meanwhile, insisted that she had broken the law and that the country's deep political, social and economic woes could be tackled only with her on the sideline.