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Thousands march to show support for Brazil’s president | Thousands march to show support for Brazil’s president |
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SAO PAULO — Thousands of Brazilians demonstrated Thursday night in support of embattled President Dilma Rousseff, who faces an impeachment effort in congress over alleged fiscal mismanagement. | |
Organizers of the march in Sao Paulo, which is Brazil’s biggest city and financial capital, said about 30,000 people joined in, while police estimated 17,000. | |
Many of them marched on the headquarters of TV Globo, that popular television station that Rousseff sympathizers accuse of being partisan and pushing for the president’s ouster. | |
Brazil is in its worst recession in decades and a sprawling corruption scandal at the state-run oil giant Petrobras has been moving closer to Rousseff’s inner circle in recent weeks. | Brazil is in its worst recession in decades and a sprawling corruption scandal at the state-run oil giant Petrobras has been moving closer to Rousseff’s inner circle in recent weeks. |
A recent poll by the respected Datafolha agency said 68 percent of Brazilians surveyed want to see lawmakers vote to impeach Rousseff. | |
Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
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