Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Senate President Renan Calheiros, who oversaw the proceedings, said impeachment would be “traumatic”. By Agencies | Posted 6 hoursBrasilia: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was suspended yesterday to face impeachment, ceding power to her vice-president-turned-enemy Michel Temer in a political earthquake ending 13 years of leftist rule over Latin America’s biggest nation. A trial could now take months, with a two-thirds majority vote eventually needed to force Rousseff (68) from office altogether. Rousseff has denounced the impeachment drive as a coup and vowed to fight on during her trial.

Source: Mid-Day May 12, 2016 23:33 UTC