Brazil's President Calls Emergency Meeting Over Protests
The people are pissed
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff has held an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the country's most widespread unrest in two decades.
Protests began more than a week ago over transport fare rises, but they are now also directed at corruption and the cost of next year's football World Cup.
More than a million people are reported to have taken part in demonstrations on Thursday in about 100 cities.
One man died when a car drove through a barricade in Sao Paulo state.
A woman died of a heart attack after collapsing during demonstrations in the northern city of Belem.
Hide Comments (0)
Editor's Note: As of February 29, 2024, commenting privileges on reason.com posts are limited to Reason Plus subscribers. Past commenters are grandfathered in for a temporary period. Subscribe here to preserve your ability to comment. Your Reason Plus subscription also gives you an ad-free version of reason.com, along with full access to the digital edition and archives of Reason magazine. We request that comments be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of reason.com or Reason Foundation. We reserve the right to delete any comment and ban commenters for any reason at any time. Comments may only be edited within 5 minutes of posting. Report abuses.
Please
to post commentsMute this user?
Ban this user?
Un-ban this user?
Nuke this user?
Un-nuke this user?
Flag this comment?
Un-flag this comment?