Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff smiles during a meeting with the National Council on Women's Rights at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A widening corruption probe has turned key lawmakers from Brazil's largest party against leftist President Dilma Rousseff, threatening to split her coalition and increasing chances of her impeachment in Congress this year.
The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, known as the PMDB, is the main ally of the ruling Workers' Party. Its leader, Michel Temer, is Rousseff's vice president.
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