Protesters gathered on Brasilia’s Esplanada dos Ministérios, or Monumental Axis, on May 24, in a new demonstration to call for the resignation of President Michel Temer.
Globo reported that protesters set fire to government buildings and clashed with police. Temer issued a statement announcing the Brazilian military had been deployed to guard ministry buildings in Brasilia.
The embattled Brazilian president has faced growing pressure to resign over a ongoing corruption scandal that has seen dozens of senior Brazilian politicians arrested by investigators. The release on May 18 of a secret recording of Temer apparently approving a bribe to buy the silence of disgraced politician Eduardo Cunha in a conversation with a food tycoon sparked a new wave of protests against the president. Temer has denied the accusations.
