Brazil Senate report recommends Rousseff impeachment trial

Brazil Senate report recommends Rousseff impeachment trial

UESLEI MARCELINO

Senator Antonio Anastasia presented his findings to a 21-member Senate impeachment committee, which is expected to vote overwhelmingly on Friday to send his recommendation to the full chamber.

The Senate is due to vote on May 11 to try Rousseff, at which point she will be automatically suspended pending a trial that could last up to 180 days. Vice President Michel Temer will take over as acting president and, if Rousseff is convicted, he would serve out the remainder of her term through 2018.

(Reporting by Maria Carolina Marcello; Editing by Daniel Flynn)

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