Brazil Senate Votes to Suspend Its President

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 12, 2016

Brazil's senate has voted to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial over charges that she violated budgetary rules.

The vote ended 55-22, in favor of impeachment.

Catherine Osborn, a print and radio journalist based in Rio de Janeiro, discusses the charges and what's at stake.

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