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June 18, 2013

Brazil: Hundreds of Thousands Take to the Streets in Historic Protests 
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Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in cities
across Brazil Monday, marking the largest protests there in decades. The
wave of actions capped weeks of smaller protests that began in São
Paulo following a hike in public transit fares. The uprising soon
spiraled nationwide amid outrage over government corruption, inequality,
failing public services and police brutality against demonstrators. On
Monday, roughly 100,000 people marched in Rio de Janeiro alone, while in
the capital Brasilia some protesters stormed the Congress building and
scaled its roof.

 

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