Impeachment drive gains traction

Government in peril as more Brazilians support removal of President Rousseff

Brazil's struggling government found itself fighting on two fronts on Monday, with impeachment proceedings threatening President Dilma Rousseff while legal battles harry her predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Rousseff's presidency appears to be in peril as she fights impeachment, protests, recession and scandal, and her decision to call Lula to the rescue backfired last week when a judge blocked his nomination as chief of staff over pending corruption charges.