Brazil Protests Signal Return of Risk in Region as Boom Ends
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From pot-banging on the streets to defeats in Congress, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff hasn’t had a good week defending austerity measures she hopes will fix a broken economy. And it’s about to get worse.
Brazilians in several cities plan to demonstrate on Sunday against corruption and growing economic hardship, demanding Rousseff’s impeachment. More than a quarter of a million people signed up on social media to participate. On Friday, pro-government unions protested labor and pension cuts.