In essence, impeachment is the mechanism a nation’s legislature or another legally empowered body uses to bring charges against a public official for misconduct in order to remove that individual from ...

John Lyons is a former senior reporter based in Hong Kong, covering regional economic themes and the city of Hong Kong SAR.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Opposition activists handcuffed themselves to a pillar in Brazil's Congress on Wednesday seeking the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff for mismanaging a once-booming economy ...

SÃO PAULO — Lawmakers in Brazil handed embattled President Dilma Rousseff a sobering defeat late Sunday, voting overwhelmingly to impeach her. After more than five hours of sometimes loud ...

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