Michel Temer sworn in as new president of Brazil

Michel Temer, Brazil's former vice president, has been sworn in as the country's new president, a few hours after the country's Senate voted to remove Dilma Rousseff from office. Temer, 75, raised his hand and swore to uphold the constitution, drawing loud applause from his conservative supporters at Wednesday's ceremony in a packed Senate chamber. He is expected to stay in power until the next scheduled election in late 2018. Temer promised a "new era" of government for Brazil.
Earlier on Wednesday, 61 of 81 senators voted to impeach suspended president Rousseff, after a five-day trial and a lengthy overnight debate.
"They decided to interrupt the mandate of a president who had committed no crime. They have convicted an innocent person and carried out a parliamentary coup," Rousseff said in a statement following the Senate vote. Speaking to reporters, Jose Eduardo Cardozo, Rousseff's lawyer, said the former president would appeal against her impeachment. In a separate vote later on Wednesday, senators decided not to ban Rousseff from seeking a public office for the next eight years. Rousseff, from the leftist Workers' Party, is accused of taking illegal state loans to patch budget holes in 2014, masking the country's problems as it slid into its deepest recession in decades.