Brazil's senators have
voted to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial over allegations that she illegally
manipulated the budget to hide a growing fiscal deficit. After a marathon
debate ending with a vote today, 55 of the
81 senators voted in favour of
impeachment while 22 voted against.Rousseff will now be suspended from office and Vice President Michel Temer will take over for up to six months pending a decision on whether to remove her from office permanently.
Rousseff's presidency has been damaged by corruption scandals, political paralysis and a sharp economic downturn.
Rousseff does not personally face corruption charges, but is accused of breaking budget accounting rules.
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