Dilma Rousseff Ousted in Historic Brazil Impeachment Vote

Far from ending Brazil's monthslong political crisis, Ms. Rousseff's ouster leaves the country's new leaders beset with an economy in tatters and an angry, divided electorate.

Brazil's Senate voted 61-20 to convict Ms. Rousseff on charges that she used illegal bookkeeping maneuvers to hide a growing budget deficit, deemed an impeachable crime in a nation with a history of hyperinflation and fiscal mismanagement. Two-thirds of Brazil's 81 senators, or 54 votes, were needed to remove Ms. Rousseff from power.

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"The ‘throw the bums out' feeling about politics--that will not be satiated by Dilma's removal," said Matthew Taylor, a professor at American University in Washington and an authority on Brazilian politics. "The kind of smoky-room feeling about the way impeachment has proceeded gives a very sort of unsavory taste to the whole impeachment process."

Indeed, many Brazilians believe Ms. Rousseff's fall had less to do with official impeachment charges than her mishandling of South America's largest economy, which moved from 7.6% GDP growth in 2010, when she was first elected, to the worst downturn since the Great Depression during her second term.

... many analysts say Mr. Temer has a very limited window of opportunity to convince financial markets and fellow politicians that he can pass tough austerity measures to set Brazil back on course... Opinion polls show Mr. Temer and Ms. Rousseff are equally disliked by the public. Protesters carrying signs reading "Fora Temer" (Temer Out) popped up at the Rio Games.