Protests cloud political honeymoon

Street protests and controversy over the absence of female ministers clouded Brazilian acting president Michel Temer's political honeymoon on Monday as he began his first full week in power.

Temer took over from President Dilma Rousseff last week after the Senate voted to open an impeachment trial on charges that she illegally manipulated the budget.

The 75-year-old center-right leader has vowed to reverse Rousseff's left course in an attempt to haul Brazil back from its deepest recession in decades.