Venezuela’s President Recalls Envoy From Brazil After Rousseff’s Suspension

© REUTERS / Miraflores Palace/Handout via ReutersVenezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with deputies of Venezuela's United Socialist Party (PSUV) and ministers at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, in this handout picture provided by Miraflores Palace on January 22, 2016
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with deputies of Venezuela's United Socialist Party (PSUV) and ministers at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, in this handout picture provided by Miraflores Palace on January 22, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has recalled ambassador Alberto Castellar from Brazil following the suspension of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Maduro said that he has already met with Castellar in Venezuela's capital, Caracas.

"We were evaluating, well, this painful page in the history of Brazil," the president said as quoted by La Vanguardia newspaper on Saturday, describing the impeachment process against Roussseff as a "dirty trick."

Members of Brazil's Senate, in favor and against the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, participate in the debate leading up to the voting in Brasilia, Brazil, May 11, 2016. - Sputnik International
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Brazil's Senate voted 55-22 on Thursday to start impeachment proceedings against Rousseff after she was accused of concealing the country’s budget deficit ahead of the 2014 re-election. Rousseff called the impeachment process "a coup."

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The 68-year-old has been suspended from office for 180 days, pending trial. Vice President Michel Temer will assume presidency during that period.

Rousseff has been facing a wave of public discontent for over a year amid the country’s struggling economy and a major corruption scandal in the state-controlled Petrobras oil company.

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