Interim President Michel Temer Calls For Unity For Brazil Recovery

Brazil's interim President Michel Temer called on his country to rally behind his government of "national salvation," hours after the Senate voted to suspend and put on trial his leftist predecessor, Dilma Rousseff, for breaking budget laws.

Miche Temer, a 75-year-old centrist now moving to steer Latin America's biggest country towards more market-friendly policies, told Brazilians to have "confidence" they would overcome an ongoing crisis sparked by a deep economic recession, political volatility and a sprawling corruption scandal.

"It is urgent we calm the nation and unite Brazil," he said, after a signing ceremony for his incoming cabinet. "Political parties, leaders, organizations and the Brazilian people will cooperate to pull the country from this grave crisis."

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The Senate deliberated for 20 hours before voting 55-22 early on Thursday May 12,2016 to put Rousseff on trial over charges that she disguised the size of the budget deficit to make the economy look healthier in the runup to her 2014 re-election.

Dilma Rousseff(68) was automatically suspended for the duration of the trial, which could be up to six months.

Before departing the presidential palace in Brasilia, a defiant Dilma Rousseff vowed to fight the charges.