Workers’ Party president Dilma Rousseff is not accused of any crimes—while right-wing politicians voting to impeach her are investigated for corruption
By Nika Knight, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 4-18-2016
![Dilma Rousseff at the 2010 Workers Party Convention. Photo: Valter Campanato/ABr (Agência Brasil) [CC BY 3.0 br], via Wikimedia Commons](http://occupyworldwrites.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/512px-Rousseff_Convenção_2010.jpg)
Dilma Rousseff at the 2010 Workers’ Party Convention. Photo: Valter Campanato/ABr (Agência Brasil) [CC BY 3.0 br], via Wikimedia Commons
367 of the 513 members of Brazil’s lower house voted to impeach, surpassing the two-thirds majority required to send the proposal to the senate for a vote, which is expected to take place in a few weeks.
Critics of the process immediately decried the impeachment vote. Continue reading