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Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators returned to the streets in dozens of Brazilian cities to call for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, blaming her for a vast corruption scandal and the economy’s worst slump in a quarter century.
Less than a year into her tumultuous second term, the left-wing president’s approval rating has dwindled to single digits and polls show that two in three Brazilians support calls for her impeachment.
In the third wave of demonstrations against Ms Rousseff this year, protesters convened by social media across Latin America’s largest country created a festive family atmosphere and chanted “Out with Dilma!”
About 135,000 people gathered in Sao Paulo’s financial district, according to pollster Datafolha, and 25,000 assembled in front of Congress in Brasilia, according to police. Both numbers were roughly in line with similar protests in April but more modest than turnout in March.
A government spokesman said in a statement the demonstrations were a “normal part of democracy.” There is widespread support for the protest movement as rising unemployment and inflation presage the worst economic downturn since at least 1990.
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators returned to the streets in dozens of Brazilian cities to call for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, blaming her for a vast corruption scandal and the economy’s worst slump in a quarter century.
Less than a year into her tumultuous second term, the left-wing president’s approval rating has dwindled to single digits and polls show that two in three Brazilians support calls for her impeachment.
In the third wave of demonstrations against Ms Rousseff this year, protesters convened by social media across Latin America’s largest country created a festive family atmosphere and chanted “Out with Dilma!”
About 135,000 people gathered in Sao Paulo’s financial district, according to pollster Datafolha, and 25,000 assembled in front of Congress in Brasilia, according to police. Both numbers were roughly in line with similar protests in April but more modest than turnout in March.
A government spokesman said in a statement the demonstrations were a “normal part of democracy.” There is widespread support for the protest movement as rising unemployment and inflation presage the worst economic downturn since at least 1990.
