Rioters Take To The Streets After Brazilian President Loses Office
Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s first female president, lost a Senate vote Wednesday and was dismissed from office following corruption allegations.
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Rousseff, Brazil's first female president, lost a Senate vote by 61–20 following corruption allegations that reached to the highest levels of Brazilian politics.
Rousseff sent a Twitter message to her supporters following the vote: "Today is the day 61 senators, many of them charged and corrupt, threw 54 million Brazilian votes in the garbage."
Shortly after the announcement, Rousseff's supporters condemned the decision and her successor, former vice president Michel Temer.
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