Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was suspended Thursday to face impeachment, ceding power to her vice president-turned-enemy Michel Temer in a political earthquake ending 13 years of leftist rule over Latin America’s biggest nation. Temer quickly pivoted toward a more business-friendly government, naming a cabinet chosen to calm the markets after the paralyzing impeachment battle and steer the country out of its worst recession in decades. Defiant to the end, Brazil’s first female president denounced a “coup” aimed at driving her from power, and urged her supporters to mobilize as she braces for an impeachment trial that is set to drag on for months.
