RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Rio de Janeiro Olympics have been upstaged by the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff. And it could get worse.
Brazil Sen. Antonio Anastasia has said the final vote on removing Rousseff should come on Aug. 2 — just three days before the Olympics open in Rio de Janeiro.
Rousseff was suspended from office for 180 days earlier this month by a Senate vote with Michel Temer taking over as acting president. The impeachment trial must take place within six months, and Temer wants it sooner rather than later.
Rio's Olympics have been plagued with numerous problems: the Zika virus, deep budgets cuts, severe water pollution, slow ticket sales and rising fears around security.