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Brazil protests

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Brazil erupts in protest over services and World Cup costs
Some of country's biggest ever rallies sweep major cities as bus fare rise is last straw in spiral of high costs and poor services

With video

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/18/brazil-protests-erupt-huge-scale?guni=Network%20front:network-front%20main-3%20Main%20trailblock:Network%20front%20-%20main%20trailblock:Position3



And the punch line is still to come:

http://rio2016.com/en
 
President Dilma Rousseff condones the protests, according to her aides. "The president believes peaceful protests are legitimate and proper for a democracy and that it is natural for young people to demonstrate," said Helena Chagas of the president's office.
...but if you did your job the way people wanted you to do it they wouldn't be demonstrating.
 
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