Brazil's Rousseff gains approval despite corruption - poll


Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is seen before a meeting Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil February 19, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Approval of President Dilma Rousseff's government has nudged higher amid recession and a massive corruption scandal, though a majority of Brazilians still want to see her impeached, a new poll showed on Wednesday.

The CNT/MDA survey suggested that Rousseff's opponents might have more trouble than they reckoned rallying public support for their bid to impeach her despite a severe economic slump and a graft investigation that is getting closer to the president.

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