Rousseff accuses Brazil opposition of 'coup-mongering'

[WorldNews]

By Guillermo Parra-Bernal and Tatiana Ramil SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday her opponents are trying to overthrow a democratically elected government by seeking to oust her without any material facts while spreading hatred and intolerance across Latin America's largest country. Speaking to a gathering of union leaders late on Tuesday, Rousseff said the political opposition is practicing "deliberate coup-mongering" against a "project that has successfully lifted millions of Brazilians out of poverty." Her remarks are the harshest since federal audit court TCU ruled last week that her administration manipulated accounting to disguise a swelling deficit as she campaigned for re-election last year and Lower House Speaker Eduardo Cunha began to analyze several requests to impeach her.

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