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Brazil Senate puts Dilma Rousseff on trial, ending 13 years of leftist rule

Brazil's Senate voted on Thursday to put leftist President Dilma Rousseff on trial in a historic decision brought on by a deep recession and a corruption scandal that will now confront Michel Temer, the vice president who succeeds her.

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