Anti Government protest in Brazil

Thousands in anti-government protests across Brazil The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper / 2 hours ago Tens of thousands of demonstrators have held protests across Brazil calling for Dilma Rousseff to step down, blaming the president for the corruption and economic troubles besetting Latin America’s largest country. The rolling demonstrations began on Sunday in the capital Brasilia, where organisers said 45,000 people attended, while police put the number at 25,000. Next came the 2016 Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro, where an Olympic bicycling test event had to be rerouted as tens of thousands took over the seafront avenue along Copacabana Beach. Another protest was held in the country’s financial capital Sao Paulo, with more gatherings staged in about 200 towns and cities, organisers said. “I’m coming out to show my indignation,” said Mosack, 65, wearing the canary yellow jersey of Brazil’s national soccer team as he joined a sea of green and yellow along Sao Paulo’s central thoroughfare Avenida Paulista. It was the third nationwide day of protests against Rousseff’s government to be held this year, following large-scale demonstrations in March and April. Rousseff is fighting for her political life amid a snowballing corruption scandal involving the oil company Petrobras that has embroiled politicians from her Workers’ Party, as well as a sputtering economy, spiraling currency and rising inflation.