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August 17, 2015

Brazil: Hundreds of Thousands Protest Corruption, Austerity 
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In Brazil, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to
protest corruption and austerity and call for the impeachment of
President Dilma Rousseff. Brazil is mired in economic recession amid a
vast corruption scandal involving the state oil company Petrobras. The
protests took place Sunday in more than 200 cities across Brazil.

 

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