Demonstrators clash with police in fourth day of anti-government protests
12:49 PM MMT, Fri September 2, 2016
Police fired tear gas to break up a demonstration against the government of Brazil's new president, Michel Temer, on Thursday the fourth consecutive day of anti-Temer protests in Brazil's largest city. Protests have been held in cities across the country leading up to and since Temer, the former vice president, was officially sworn in as president on Wednesday after Brazil's Senate voted to oust the former leader, Dilma Rousseff. Senators voted 61-20 on Wednesday to convict the country's first female president for illegally using money from state banks to bankroll public spending, marking the end of 13 years of leftist Workers Party rule.
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