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Brazilian Lawmaker Weighs Possibility of Rousseff Impeachment

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The speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress said Thursday that he was weighing legal arguments to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, which would be the first effort to oust a sitting president in the country in nearly 23 years. Eduardo Cunha, a leader of the PMDB party that is in charge of deciding whether to move ahead with impeachment, said such proceedings would be a step backward for democracy, but added that he expected a legal analysis on the matter within 30 days. "I...

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