In Brazil, former Vice President Michel Temer has taken power as interim president, after the Senate removed President Dilma Rousseff and begins impeachment proceedings over accusations she tampered with accounts in order to hide a budget shortfall. Rousseff has called the move a coup and vowed to fight it. On Thursday, she said the impeachment trial is a threat to Brazil’s sovereignty and its Constitution.

President Dilma Rousseff: “This condition, the condition of a president who was elected by 54 million people, to whom I say now, right now, at this divisive moment for Brazilian democracy and for our future as a nation: What is in play in the impeachment process isn’t just my mandate; what is in play is the respect of the polls, the sovereign will of the Brazilian people and the Constitution.”

The attempt to oust President Rousseff has sparked massive protests across Brazil. On Thursday, dozens of women chained themselves to the gates of Brasília’s Planalto Palace in support of Rousseff. Protester Fatima spoke out.

Fatima: “The coup leaders in Brazil are trying to get President Dilma out and are usurping our democracy. They will only get us out of here by force, because we are defending democracy and the elected mandate for more than half of Brazilians.”

We’ll go to Rio de Janeiro to speak with The Intercept reporter Andrew Fishman after headlines.