Rousseff Appeals to Brazil's Highest Court, Seeks to Overturn Ouster

Dilma Rousseff, ousted this week as Brazil's president, has filed an appeal with the country's highest court to challenge the Federal Senate's decision to remove her from office for breaking budgetary rules. Brazil's senate voted Wednesday to dismiss the leftist leader and confirm her conservative vice president, Michel Temer, as president for the remainder of her term through 2018. The appeal before Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, filed by Rousseff's attorney,...

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