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17 Jun 2013

Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil

Author: admintech | Filed under: World

Demonstrators face riot police during one of the many protests around Brazil's major cities in Belo HorizonteBy Todd Benson and Asher Levine SAO PAULO (Reuters) – As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption. The marches, organized mostly through snowballing social media campaigns, blocked streets and halted traffic in more than a half-dozen cities, including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia, where demonstrators climbed onto the roof of Brazil's Congress building and then stormed it. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/biggest-protests-20-years-sweep-brazil-014743267.html