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WORLD NEWS Friday 26 May 2017

Troops pull out of Brazil capital; president under pressure

order.” On Thursday after- been in a freefall since he
noon, soldiers began to took office a little more than
leave their posts in Brasilia, a year ago after his pre-
according to the Defense decessor was impeached
Ministry. The troops were and removed. Some Bra-
deployed late Wednesday zilians consider him illegiti-
following a day of clashes mate because of the way
between police and pro- he came to power, and his
testers demanding Temer’s efforts to pass a series of
ouster amid allegations economic reforms to cap
against him of corruption. the budget, loosen labor
Fires broke out in two min- laws and reduce pension
istries and several were benefits have only made
evacuated. Protesters also him even more unpopular.
set fires in the streets and In addition, several of his
vandalized government advisers have been linked
buildings. Images in na- to Brazil’s massive corrup-
tional media, meanwhile, tion investigation, known as
appeared to show police Operation Car Wash.
officers firing weapons, and Now, as part of the Car
the Secretariat of Public Se- Wash probe, Temer is fac-
Soldiers guard federal buildings after protests the previous day in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, May 25, curity said it was investigat- ing allegations that he
2017. Brazil’s president on Thursday cancelled an order to deploy the military to the streets of the ing. In all 49, people were endorsed the paying of
capital after criticism that the move was excessive and merely an effort to hold onto power amid
increasing calls for his resignation. On Thursday afternoon, however, soldiers were still stationed injured, including one by a hush money to a former
in Brasilia. bullet. lawmaker who has been
(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) Temer’s popularity has jailed for corruption. q
SARAH DiLORENZO amid increasing calls for his
Associated Press resignation.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Bra- In a decree published in
zil’s president on Thursday the Official Diary, President
cancelled an order to Michel Temer revoked the
deploy the military to the order issued a day earlier,
streets of the capital after “considering the halt to
criticism that the move was acts of destruction and vio-
excessive and merely an lence and the subsequent
effort to hold onto power reestablishment of law and

Top Venezuela prosecutor says
young protester killed by police

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) strenuously denied state
— Venezuela’s chief pros- forces were involved. Those
ecutor further distanced officials said the protester
herself from the socialist was killed either by fellow
administration this week, demonstrators or criminals
deepening the widest rift in trying to make the govern-
a government that has oth- ment look bad.
erwise presented a united Late Wednesday, Ortega
front against six weeks of announced that she was
protests. opening seven investiga-
Public Prosecutor Luisa tions into civilians who
Ortega said a 20-year-old have been detained by
protester had been killed military tribunals as a result
by a tear gas canister fired of the anti-government
by state security forces, giv- protests. She said trials of
ing a version of events that civilians by military authori-
contradicted others in the ties violate the country’s
administration who have constitution.q