Brazilian leader Dilma Roussef denounces ‘conspiracy’ to impeach her

Embattled Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff lashed out at the two men in line to succeed her if she is impeached, calling her vice president and the lower house speaker “heads of the conspiracy” to remove her from office.

Speaking to teachers and students at the presidential palace, Rousseff said vice president Michel Temer and Chamber of Deputies speaker Eduardo Cunha are plotting her downfall.

The remarks came on the heels of an allegedly accidental release on Monday of an address to the nation that Temer intended to deliver after a hypothetical congressional vote that would suspend Rousseff from office.