Brazil's Dilma Rousseff was stripped of the country's presidency in an impeachment vote on Wednesday and replaced by her bitter rival Michel Temer, shifting Latin America's biggest economy sharply to the right. Rousseff, 68, was convicted by 61 of the 81 senators of illegally manipulating the national budget. The vote, which exceeded the needed two-thirds majority, meant the veteran leftist leader was immediately removed from office. Three hours later, Temer - her centre-right former vice president and one time crucial coalition partner whom she now accuses of orchestrating a coup against her - was sworn in. In a ... (full story)