In Brazil, interim President Michel Temer has unveiled a raft of economic austerity measures and introduced a far-reaching constitutional amendment limiting the growth of public spending. The moves came a day after the interim government’s planning minister resigned, after explosive transcripts showed him plotting to oust President Dilma Rousseff in order to scuttle a corruption investigation targeting him. Speaking Tuesday, Temer sought to defend his government’s integrity.

Interim President Michel Temer: “We are not going to impede investigations with regards to public morality and administrative morality. On the contrary, we will always incentivize it. I have said this with great frequency. But however many times I say it, there are always news reports saying there is a scheme to do this or that. We do not want that. Nobody wants that. I think that those people whose names come up now and again do not want that, either. What they do want is a democratic state, to have the right to defend themselves, but nothing that the government can interfere in.”

We’ll have more on Brazil after headlines.