by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 22, 2013 | World
Sao Paulo and Brasilia, Reuters—Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff promised on Friday to hold a dialogue with members of a protest movement sweeping the country, but also said she would do whatever is necessary to maintain order in the wake of widespread vandalism and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 21, 2013 | World
Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, Reuters—An estimated 1 million people took to the streets in cities across Brazil on Thursday as the country’s biggest protests in two decades intensified despite government concessions meant to quell the demonstrations. Undeterred...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 20, 2013 | World
Sao Paulo, AP—Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil’s 1964-85 dictatorship have broken out across this continent-sized country, uniting tens of thousands frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a...
