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Investors See Petrobras Peril of Ignoring BP Oil Drilling Spill
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Lucia Rodriguez Ilaria figured it would be easy to get a big crowd together in Brazil’s largest city to demonstrate against BP Plc, the company responsible for the largest oil spill in U.S. history. The June 12 event in Sao Paulo was part of Worldwide Protest BP Day, an event organized in 52 cities across five continents that aimed to start a boycott of BP products. About 350,000 people signed on for the protest on Facebook.
In Sao Paulo, eight people showed up for the rally at Ibirapuera Park, Bloomberg Markets magazine reports in its September issue.