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| Brazil deploys troops to quell protests | Brazil deploys troops to quell protests |
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| Brazil's government says it will deploy troops to five major cities to control a wave of protests which has seen almost a quarter of a million people demand better public services. | |
| Members of a national force will be sent to Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Ceara and the capital, Brasilia. | |
| All of the cities are hosting games in Fifa's Confederations Cup. | All of the cities are hosting games in Fifa's Confederations Cup. |
| The announcement comes after riot police and protesters clashed in fresh protests on Tuesday in Sao Paulo. | The announcement comes after riot police and protesters clashed in fresh protests on Tuesday in Sao Paulo. |
| Brazil's ministry of justice said that Recife was the only Confederations Cup host city not to request military support. | Brazil's ministry of justice said that Recife was the only Confederations Cup host city not to request military support. |
| A source in the ministry said it would be up to local governments to decide how long the troops would stay. | A source in the ministry said it would be up to local governments to decide how long the troops would stay. |
| Shops and banks in Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, were vandalised on Tuesday by groups of masked activists, who fought other demonstrators trying to stop the violence. | Shops and banks in Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, were vandalised on Tuesday by groups of masked activists, who fought other demonstrators trying to stop the violence. |
| The protest was the latest in a wave of demonstrations engulfing at least a dozen cities. | The protest was the latest in a wave of demonstrations engulfing at least a dozen cities. |
| Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said she was proud that so many people were fighting for a better country. | Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said she was proud that so many people were fighting for a better country. |
| The protests were sparked by anger at a rise in public transport fare prices in Sao Paulo on 2 June but have since mushroomed into much broader discontent with high levels of corruption, the poor state of the health and education services and the high cost of living. | |
| They are the largest since 1992, when people took to the streets to demand the impeachment of then-President Fernando Collor de Mello. | |
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