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Brazil's Rousseff warns of modern-day version of a coup


    RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, who is facing threats of impeachment and calls to resign from opposition politicians, said in a radio interview on Wednesday that attempting to use a crisis to take power is a "modern version of a coup".

    Brazil is in its worst recession in 25 years and prosecutors have unearthed a massive corruption scandal stemming from state-run companies, but investigators have not presented any evidence implicating Rousseff, whose popularity has sunk to record lows.

    (Reporting by Pedro Fonseca; Writing by Caroline Stauffer; Editing by W Simon)