Brazil Deploying Troops, Barricades Before Impeachment Votes
- Hundreds of thousands of protesters expected in capital city
- Authorities concerned polarized climate will lead to clashes
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Brazilian security forces are deploying thousands of troops and erecting barricades in the capital city of Brasilia this week to prevent violent clashes as Congress holds key votes on the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.
The city’s rare state of alert reflects concern that the country’s polarized political climate will reach a fever pitch in coming days. Inmates from a nearby prison on Monday continued to set up metal barriers that will separate the hundreds of thousands of Brazilians who are expected to demonstrate for and against the president’s ouster.