Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff speaks during the launching ceremony of the Brazil Plan 2016 at the Planalto Palace, Brazilia, Brazil September 13, 2012. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/Files
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff cancelled a scheduled trip to New York to participate in a climate event at the United Nations this week, two sources from the presidential palace said on Monday.
Rousseff, whom Congress voted overwhelmingly on Sunday night to impeach, cancelled her plans to take part in the signing of a climate pact hammered out by nations during a meeting in Paris in November on global warming.
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