Conservative Michel Temer has been officially sworn in as Brazil’s president, after the Senate voted to impeach Dilma Rousseff. <br /><br /> He had already been holding the reigns during the proceedings and now he will serve out the remainder of Rousseff’s term, through to 2018.<br /><br /> BREAKING: Michel Temer sworn in as Brazil's president after Senate vote to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office.— The Associated Press (@AP) 31 August 2016<br /> <br /><br /> UPDATE: Brazil's Michel Temer sworn in as president with mandate until end of 2018 pic.twitter.com/ZRuil1672l— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) 31 August 2016<br /> <br /><br /> Temer’s vowed to boost an economy that has shrunk for six consecutive quarters and bring in austerity measures, to plug a record budget deficit.<br /><br /> But he is likely to face bitter political opposition from the Workers Party.<br /><br /> There are also signs of clear resistance in Congress to Temer’s proposals to cap public spending and reform public pensions. <br /><br /> Alongside this, Temer’s government risks entanglement in a sweeping investigation of kickbacks at state oil company Petrobras, that already ensnared dozens of politicians in Rousseff’s coalition. <br /><br /> The scandal, which has tarnished Temer’s fractious Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, could hobble efforts to stabilise Brazil and restore confidence in its economy.<br />
