Brazil swears in new president, Michel Temer hours after impeaching Dilma Rousseff



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Brazil has sworn in its new president after the Senate voted to vacate Dilma Rousseff from office.
The former Vice President Michel Temer, who has run the country since her suspension in May, was sworn to serve out the remainder of her term through 2018.
Rousseff – the country’s first female president – was accused of illegally using money from state banks to boost public spending in order to patch budget holes in 2014, masking the country’s problems as it slid into its deepest recession in decades.
On Wednesday, the Senate voted to convict her by 61 votes to 20. However, she has not been barred from holding public office.
Rousseff delivers her speech during the impeachment trial, at the National Congress in Brasilia
Rousseff, pictured here hugging a supporter after her farewell speech, reacted angrily, tweeting 'Today is the day that 61 men, many of them charged and corrupt, threw 54million Brazilian votes in the garbage'
Dilma Rousseff
Former Brazillian President Dilma Rousseff was permanently removed from office by a vote in the country's Senate on Wednesday
Michel Temer
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