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'The People Have Awakened': Hundreds of Thousands of Brazilians Rise Up Against the System
Reports of police firing live rounds, close-range pepper spray, and tear gas to disperse the swelling crowds
Published on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 by Common Dreams
- Lauren McCauley, staff writer
Over 100,000 people took to the streets of Rio de Janiero Monday night. (Photo: Felipe Dana/ AP)
"The people have awakened," was clearly the message as roughly 240,000 Brazilians railed 'against the system' in nearly a dozen largely-peaceful demonstrations in cities across the country Monday night.
Crowding the streets, protesters waved Brazilian flags, danced and chanted slogans such as "The people have awakened" and "Pardon the inconvenience, Brazil is changing," Reuters reports.
Chaos reigned in some corners as police countered a number of the demonstrations with brute force. In Rio de Janiero, crowds swelled to roughly 100,000 people and police used tear gas, pepper spray and, as evidenced by an video posted on Brazil's Extra 15, live rounds to disperse them.
In the political capital of Brasilia, demonstrators scaled the roof of Brazil's Congress building before storming the interior. And in the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte, over 20,000 protesters rallied outside of the Confederations Cup football tournament in the second day of protests against the event.
This banner says, "Violencia e a fare," loosely translated to, "The fares are the real violence." (Photo: Alex Almeida/ Reuters)
A woman being pepper-sprayed at short range by police in Rio de Janiero
Monday night. (Photo: Victor R. Caivano / AP)
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Published on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 by Common Dreams
- Lauren McCauley, staff writer
Over 100,000 people took to the streets of Rio de Janiero Monday night. (Photo: Felipe Dana/ AP)
"The people have awakened," was clearly the message as roughly 240,000 Brazilians railed 'against the system' in nearly a dozen largely-peaceful demonstrations in cities across the country Monday night.
Crowding the streets, protesters waved Brazilian flags, danced and chanted slogans such as "The people have awakened" and "Pardon the inconvenience, Brazil is changing," Reuters reports.
Chaos reigned in some corners as police countered a number of the demonstrations with brute force. In Rio de Janiero, crowds swelled to roughly 100,000 people and police used tear gas, pepper spray and, as evidenced by an video posted on Brazil's Extra 15, live rounds to disperse them.
In the political capital of Brasilia, demonstrators scaled the roof of Brazil's Congress building before storming the interior. And in the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte, over 20,000 protesters rallied outside of the Confederations Cup football tournament in the second day of protests against the event.
This banner says, "Violencia e a fare," loosely translated to, "The fares are the real violence." (Photo: Alex Almeida/ Reuters)
A woman being pepper-sprayed at short range by police in Rio de Janiero
Monday night. (Photo: Victor R. Caivano / AP)
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