Brasilia — Brazilian soldiers were deployed on Wednesday to defend government buildings in the capital Brasília 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]," Defence Minister Raul Jungmann said in a brief televised statement. "And next there are troops arriving to secure all the ministerial buildings." Jungmann said the army was ordered in by Temer, who is fighting for his political life while under a corruption investigation. The deployment of soldiers sent a psychological shock wave through a capital already shaking from the day’s violence and frantic debate over the corruption scandal threatening to bring down the president. In the lower house of congress, the session was temporarily suspended after leftist deputies took over the speaker’s podium, brandishing signs saying "Temer out". Troops are regularly used in Brazil to bac...
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