In May, Michel Temer became Brazil’s unelected, interim president after months of congressional debate, approvals, annulments and more approvals over Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment. Promoted from his role as vice-president, Mr Temer will serve until the end of what would have been Ms Rousseff’s second term, in 2018.
Most Brazilians, across all social classes, are delighted at the change: Ms Rousseff presided over the country’s worst economic recession since the 1930s, the rise of both unemployment and inflation and a public deficit spiralling to the size of one-10th of gross domestic product (GDP).
