Demonstrators March on Government's Building in Brasilia

Demonstrators marched towards Planalto Palace in Brasilia to demand the resignation of embattled Brazilian President Michel Temer on May 18.On Wednesday, Brazil’s Globo newspaper reported that two businessmen had sent prosecutors a recording of the president agreeing to payments to buy the silence of former lower house Speaker Eduardo Cunha with prosecutors.Cunha, who led the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff, was himself convicted of corruption, money laundering and tax evasion in March. The new accusations leveled against Temer sparked a new wave of protests across the country.Temer denied the accusations and said he won’t resign at a national address on Thursday afternoon.