Brazil’s lower house backs Rousseff impeachment …….. Reuters

Protesters hold a banner reading "Dilma out", ahead of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment vote, in Brasilia, Brazil April 17, 2016. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Protesters hold a banner reading “Dilma out”, ahead of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment vote, in Brasilia, Brazil April 17, 2016. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil’s lower house of Congress voted on Sunday to back the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff for breaking budget laws.

Rousseff’s opponents reached the 342-vote mark needed to send her impeachment to the Senate for trial, a major step towards potentially ending 13 years of leftist Workers Party rule in the divided nation.

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