President Dilma Rousseff
Brazil's lower house has voted to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff over charges of manipulating government accounts.
The "yes" camp comfortably won the required two-thirds majority, after a lengthy session in the capital.
The motion will now go to the upper house, the Senate, which is expected to suspend Ms Rousseff next month while it carries out a formal trial.
She denies tampering with the accounts to help secure her re-election in 2014.
The ruling Workers' Party has promised to continue its fight to defend her "in the streets and in the Senate".
Brazil's lower house has voted to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff over charges of manipulating government accounts.
The "yes" camp comfortably won the required two-thirds majority, after a lengthy session in the capital.
The motion will now go to the upper house, the Senate, which is expected to suspend Ms Rousseff next month while it carries out a formal trial.
She denies tampering with the accounts to help secure her re-election in 2014.
The ruling Workers' Party has promised to continue its fight to defend her "in the streets and in the Senate".
Trumpets and vuvuzelas
Mr Rousseff's opponents secured 367 votes in the lower house - exceeding the 342-vote mark needed to send the motion to the Senate.
The "no" camp secured 167 votes, while seven other deputies abstained. Two deputies were not present during the voting.
EPA: Pro-impeachment deputies emerged victorious after a marathon voting session in Brasilia
Reuters: Dilma Rousseff's opponents - many of them dressed in yellow and green - celebrated across the country, such as here in Sao Paulo
Getty Images: This pro-impeachment demonstrator kissed the Brazilian flag in Rio de Janeiro as she clutched an effigy mocking the president
AFP: Supporters of the president in Belo Horizonte - wearing red - looked dejected
If she is impeached, Vice-President Michel Temer would take over as interim president but he is also facing impeachment proceedings over the same allegations as Ms Rousseff
Lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha - second in line to replace her - is being investigated over allegations of taking multi-million-dollar bribes
Next in line to replace her is Renan Calheiros, head of the Senate. But he, too, is under investigation in connection with a massive corruption scandal at state-oil company Petrobras
Lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha - second in line to replace her - is being investigated over allegations of taking multi-million-dollar bribes
Next in line to replace her is Renan Calheiros, head of the Senate. But he, too, is under investigation in connection with a massive corruption scandal at state-oil company Petrobras
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