Brazil's Rousseff says 'will never resign,' urges impartial courts




 
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Brazil's Rousseff says 'will never resign,' urges impartial courts
 
March 22nd, 2016  
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Brazil's Rousseff says 'will never resign,' urges impartial courts
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday she will not resign under any circumstances and equated a bid to impeach her to a "coup d'etat" against democratic rule because she had committed no crime. Rousseff urged Brazil's Supreme Court to remain impartial in the political crisis that has threatened to topple her government as opponents seek her impeachment in Congress amid a widespread corruption scandal that has reached her inner circle. "I will never resign under any circumstances," the embattled president said in a speech to legal experts. ...




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