Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff attends the launching ceremony of a new stage of the state-subsidized housing program at Planalto Palace in Brasilia on May 6, 2016. A special committee in Brazil's Senate was to vote Friday on whether to recommend starting an impeachment trial against President Dilma Rousseff who faces being suspended from office in less than a week. / AFP / EVARISTO SA (Photo credit should read EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images)
Why Brazil impeached President Rousseff
It's all due to a tanking economy, high unemployment, and a corrupt political class, CNN's Shasta Darlington explains.
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff attends the launching ceremony of a new stage of the state-subsidized housing program at Planalto Palace in Brasilia on May 6, 2016. A special committee in Brazil's Senate was to vote Friday on whether to recommend starting an impeachment trial against President Dilma Rousseff who faces being suspended from office in less than a week. / AFP / EVARISTO SA (Photo credit should read EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images)
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BRASILIA, BRAZIL - AUGUST 29: Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff testifies on the Senate floor during her impeachment trial on August 29, 2016 in Brasilia, Brasil. Senators will vote in the coming days whether to impeach and permanently remove Rousseff from office.. (Photo by Igo Estrela/Getty Images)
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff speaks during a press conference at Planalto Palace in Brasilia on April 18, 2016. President Rousseff said Monday that she is "outraged" by a vote in Congress to authorize impeachment proceedings against her and vowed to keep fighting. / AFP / EVARISTO SA (Photo credit should read EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff delivers a speech during the launching ceremony of the National Plan against Aedes aegypti and microcephaly in Brasília in March 23, 2016. The aedes aegypti mosquito is the vector of Zica virus. AFP PHOTO/ANDRESSA ANHOLETE / AFP / Andressa Anholete (Photo credit should read ANDRESSA ANHOLETE/AFP/Getty Images)
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