[by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]¸ü¶àÌýÁ¦Çë·ÃÎÊ51VOA.COM [00:00.08]Brazil's new president has appealed for national unity [00:04.56]after lawmakers voted to remove Dilma Rousseff from the office Wednesday. [00:10.52]In a speech to the nation, President Michel Temer [00:15.48]said the vote in the Senate was open and democratic. [00:19.96]He called it a moment of hope to reclaim confidence in Brazil. [00:26.40]And he urged Brazilians to put the national interest above group interests. [00:33.40]The Senate impeachment and conviction of Rousseff [00:37.56]ends 13 years of rule by the Workers Party of Rousseff [00:42.80]and former president Louis Ignacio Lula da Silva. [00:47.56]The Senate voted 61 to 20 to end the presidency of Brazil's first female leader. [00:55.88]She was found guilty of violating budgetary laws [00:59.92]in an effort to improve her chances of re-election in 2014. [01:05.36]Rousseff faced questions about the case for 14 hours on Monday. [01:12.68]Her removal raises questions about the future of social programs, [01:17.84]which are said to have lifted millions of Brazilians out of poverty. [01:23.44]After the vote, Rousseff called her removal an attempt to seize power [01:29.68]and restated that she was innocent of the charges. [01:34.04]In a statement, she said, [01:36.02]"They (Senators) decided to interrupt the mandate of a president [01:39.80]who had committed no crime. [01:42.32]They have convicted an innocent person [01:45.42]and carried out a parliamentary coup." [01:49.20]Mark Jones is a Latin American expert at Rice University in Houston, Texas. [01:55.72]He told VOA that Brazil is deeply divided [02:00.20]and faces difficult economic problems. [02:03.60]Jones called Temer, who had been Rousseff's vice president, [02:08.32]a deal-maker who is willing to make compromises to get things done. [02:13.98]Temer's Democratic Movement Party had ruled in a coalition [02:18.88]with Rousseff's Workers Party until now. [02:23.16]Jones called the charges against Rousseff comparatively minor. [02:28.14]He said they did not involve personal enrichment or illegal payments. [02:34.20]He added that Rousseff faced public anger [02:37.88]over suspected corruption involving her party. [02:41.87]He added that had Brazil's economy been growing instead of shrinking [02:47.48]Rousseff would likely still be in office. [02:51.84]I'm Jonathan Evans.