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Brazil protests call for Dilma Rousseff's impeachment

2015-03-16 6 Dailymotion

Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians marched peacefully on Sunday in over 50 cities around the country to demand President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment and to criticise government corruption.<br /><br /> Police estimated 15,000 people marched along Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, where they waved Brazilian flags and many openly called for a military coup to dissolve the government.<br /><br /> The biggest protests were in Sao Paulo, an opposition stronghold where hundreds of thousands gathered on a main avenue, as well as in the capital city Brasilia and Rio. <br /><br /> In Brasilia, police say 45,000 people gathered on the Ministries’ Esplanade, while 24,000 people demonstrated in Belo Horizonte, according to military police. <br /><br /> Dozens of cities saw demonstrations gathering together a few thousand people each. <br /><br /> According to the website of the Globo TV network, Brazil’s largest, the total number in the streets across Brazil was over 300,000 people, based on local police estimates.<br /><br /> Much protester ire was foc

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