Brazil President Rousseff Face Impeachment

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has suffered a blow to her hopes to call off impeachment proceedings as Brazil’s congressional committee has voted to go ahead with the impeachment against her

The 65-member congressional committee voted 38 to 27 to recommend impeachment over claims she manipulated government accounts to hide a growing deficit.

All eyes are now on a full vote in the lower house on 17 or 18 April 2016.

The issue has divided Brazil, with police preparing for mass protests in the capital, Brasilia.