31st August, 2016 - First Woman President in Brazil, Dilma Rousseff impeached from office
Dilma Vana Rousseff is a Brazilian economist and politician, she served as the first woman and 36th president of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on this day in 2016.
Her impeachment process began on 2nd December, 2015, The formal charge that led to Rousseff's impeachment was not directly related to corruption. Instead, she was accused of "fiscal pedaling, a budgetary maneuver that involved delaying payments to state banks to cover up budget deficits . Critics argued that this practice violated Brazil's fiscal responsibility laws and amounted to manipulating government acc...