Massive Brazil protests

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Rio police protect City Hall from demonstrators during a protest in Belem, at the mouth of the Amazon River. Police and protesters fought in the streets into the early hours today as an estimated one million Brazilians swarmed through more than 80 towns and cities in the biggest demonstrations yet against a government viewed as corrupt at all levels and unresponsive to its people. Photograph: Paulo Santos/Reuters

Demonstrators march through a main street during a protest against the Confederations Cup and the government of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff in Recife city. The protests took place a week after a violent police crackdown on a much smaller demonstration complaining about an increase in bus and subway fares in Sao Paulo galvanised Brazilians to take their grievances to the streets. Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters

Mon Jun 24 2013 - 13:46

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