<p>Demonstrators marched towards Planalto Palace in Brasilia to demand the resignation of embattled Brazilian President Michel Temer on May 18.</p><p>On Wednesday, Brazil’s Globo newspaper</a> 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.</p><p>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</a>.</p><p>Temer denied the accusations and said he won’t resign</a> at a national address on Thursday afternoon.</p><br />
