Brazil prosecutor wants arrests of Senate boss, ex-president: reports

[WorldNews]

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Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's political crisis heated up Tuesday, as authorities reportedly sought the arrests of senior figures behind the push to impeach suspended president Dilma Rousseff, accusing them of obstructing a corruption probe. If reports in the main Brazilian newspapers are confirmed, new doubts would be cast over the impeachment of Rousseff, pushing Latin America's biggest economy into ever greater uncertainty with less than two months to go before Rio de Janeiro hosts the Summer Olympics. Globo newspaper reported that Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot asked the Supreme Court to authorize the arrests of Senate President Renan Calheiros, former Brazilian president Jose Sarney, Senator Romero Juca and powerful lawmaker Eduardo Cunha -- all from the ruling PMDB party of interim president Michel Temer.

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