By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – In a surprise move, suspended President Dilma Rousseff announced Tuesday through a social media account that she would not attend Wednesday’s Senate committee hearing examining arguments for her impeachment. Rousseff said she would be filing her defense in writing to be read by her lawyer, former Attorney General, Jose Eduardo Cardozo.
"We are assessing my going to the Senate at another time," said Rousseff in her Twitter account, adding "I believe and fight every day for my return. Not only for my mandate, but for the recovery of democracy . . .
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