MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, Brazilian Senate voted 61-20 to impeach Rousseff. A subsequent vote to bar Rousseff from holding public office for eight years failed.
According to the Globo broadcaster, people gathered in the main street of Sao Paulo, launching fireworks and singing the national anthem.
In May, the upper house of the Brazilian parliament voted 55-22 to start impeachment proceedings against Rousseff after she was accused of concealing the country’s budget deficit ahead of the 2014 election. Rousseff regards the impeachment proceedings as an illegal coup attempt.
protesters lied down in front of newspaper folha de sao paulo, whom they accuse of backing "coup" in brazil pic.twitter.com/YiRXKXFWz8
— manuel rueda (@ruedareport) August 31, 2016