BRAZIL
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Brasília, Brazil—The Brazilian Senate voted 61-20 on August 31 to remove Dilma Rousseff from the presidency on charges she illegally used money from state banks to fund public spending, marking the end of an impeachment process that has kept Brazilian politics in turmoil for months. Rousseff described her removal as a “parliamentary coup.” Many of the politicians who voted for her ouster have also been caught up in a graft scandal involving state oil company Petrobras, and Michel Temer, who has been acting president since May, is banned from running for public office because he violated campaign spending laws.