Brazil’s Rousseff faces senators, says accusations meritlessBy Mauricio Savarese and Peter Prengaman, Associated PressBRASILIA, Brazil — Fighting to save her job, suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told senators on Monday that the allegations against her have no merit and that history would judge the country if she is removed from office. I did not commit a crime,” Rousseff told senators at her impeachment trial. People walk next to an official photography of Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff, with a text written in Portuguese that reads “Dilma our president,” at a camp in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. Rousseff will face Congress on Monday as her impeachment process enters its final stages. The impeachment process began late last year, when opponents in Congress presented a measure to remove her from office.

Source: Manila Bulletin August 29, 2016 13:52 UTC