Michel Temer, a Former Vice President is became a president and will serve out Rousseff’s term, which runs through 2018.
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The news portal G1 showed she was greeting to her supporter at the airport and boarding a plane.
Protesters at the events and in almost a dozen other state capitals across Brazil were shouting “Temer Out” and “Usurper”.
On 7th evening, Temer attended the opening of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Police haven’t provided estimates.
Temer, who was sworn in as president after the removal from office of his rival Dilma Rousseff in an impeachment trial, ditched the traditional open top Rolls Royce used for the parade, instead using a closed presidential vehicle. Before leaving office, Rousseff said she supported a plebiscite to consult the Brazilian people about fresh elections, though even leaders of her own Workers’ Party rejected the idea.
Temer, her vice president turned nemesis, meanwhile arrived home from China and was expected to move into the presidential residence in the coming days.
While numerous roughly 30,000 people lining Brasilia’s Esplanade of the Ministries for the procession applauded as the first couple rode past, others erupted in boos and chants of “Temer out”, which has become the battle cry of Rousseff’s supporters since her ouster on August 31.
Denying any wrongdoing, Rousseff called the impeachment process a “parliamentary coup”.
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The military parade in the center of Brasilia kicked off nationwide events marking Brazil’s September 7 Independence Day. Brazil¿s former President Dilma Rousseff was removed for breaking fiscal responsibility laws in her management of the federal budget.
