Brazil's Senate strips Rousseff of presidency (2) Brazil's Dilma Rousseff was stripped of the country's presidency Wednesday in a Senate impeachment vote ending 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest economy. Rousseff, 68, was convicted by 61 of the 81 senators of illegally manipulating the national budget. The vote, passing the needed two-thirds majority, meant she was immediately removed from office. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES //COMPLETES VID931815_EN AND VID931799_EN//