Breaking News: Brazil's Senate has voted to suspend the president, Dilma Rousseff. Her impeachment trial could last six months

Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. May 12, 2016 NYTimes.com » Breaking News Alert May 12, 2016   BREAKING NEWS Brazil's Senate has voted to suspend the president, Dilma Rousseff. Her impeachment trial could last six months Thursday, May 12, 2016 5:40 AM EDT Brazil's Senate voted Thursday morning to suspend President Dilma Rousseff and begin an impeachment trial against her, ousting a deeply unpopular leader whose sagging political fortunes have come to embody widespread public anger over systemic corruption and a battered economy. In a vote of 55 to 22, lawmakers accepted the charges against Ms. Rousseff, accusing her of borrowing from state banks to conceal a looming deficit, a budgetary sleight of hand that critics say was aimed at securing her re-election two years ago. Read more » ADVERTISEMENT FOLLOW NYTimes FACEBOOK @NYTimes Get more NYTimes.com newsletters » | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps for just $0.99. Subscribe » ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Breaking News Alert newsletter. Unsubscribe | Manage Subscriptions | Change Your Email | Privacy Policy | Contact | Advertise Copyright 2015 The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018