Brazil's Senate has voted to permanently remove President Dilma Rousseff from office.
Rousseff - the country's first female president - was accused of illegally using money from state banks to boost public spending in order to patch budget holes in 2014, masking the country's problems as it slid into its deepest recession in decades.
On Wednesday, the Senate voted to convict her by 61 votes to 20. However, she has not been barred from holding public office.
- The Senate voted to depose Rousseff, Brazil's first female president
- She was accused of having taken illegal state loans to patch budget holes
- Conservative former Vice President Michel Teme set to be sworn in
- Rousseff has said Senate 'thrown 54million Brazillian votes in the garbage'
