On Wednesday, Dilma Rousseff was formally impeached by the Brazilian senate. It’s another tragic chapter in the history of the Brazilian Workers’ Party (PT). After thirteen years at the head of government, the party was wrenched from office in a reactionary judicial and parliamentary coup orchestrated by the right wing.

In place of PT president Dilma Rousseff, Vice President Michel Temer assumed office. Temer belongs to the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), which allied with the PT in 2014 to form a coalition government. The party broke their ties with the PT in March, ahead of the impeachment. Since then, Temer has earned the support of the PT’s rivals, the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), and instituted massive cuts to public services.

On August 10, the Senate voted 59-21 to accept the impeachment commission’s recommendation that Rousseff be condemned for four so-called crimes of responsibility related to her failure to comply with fiscal regulations. Last Wednesday, the final Senate vote of 61-20 sealed Rousseff’s fate as president although senators voted in favor of her retaining her political rights to run for office in the future.