BRASÍLIA: Brazilian soldiers deployed Wednesday to defend government buildings in the capital Brasilia after protesters demanding the exit of President Michel Temer smashed their way into ministries and fought with riot police. “At this moment, federal troops are already here in (the foreign ministry),” Defense Minister Raul Jungmann said in a brief televised statement. Protesters also want the end of austerity reforms centered on cuts in the country’s generous but unaffordable pension system. But analysts say that intense negotiations are going on behind the scenes to find the least traumatic way possible for Temer to be eased out. Andre Cesar, a political analyst at Hold consultancy, said Temer “cannot survive.”“He doesn’t have the minimum conditions for this.

Source: Manila Times May 25, 2017 03:22 UTC