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by triangleman 3321 days ago
Brazil had previously impeached their first democratically elected president, Collor, on relatively trumped-up charges, similar to Dilma. This will be the first time Brazil actually impeaches a president on serious charges.

Edit: This article by Glenn Greenwald (a resident of Brazil) is informative:

https://theintercept.com/2017/05/18/after-latest-bombshells-...