ALJAZEERA: [Brazil’s president], Dilma Rousseff, a former leftist guerrilla who was imprisoned and tortured during Brazil’s 1964-85 dictatorship, said on Tuesday that the protests were evidence of a vibrant democracy and acknowledge the need for better public services and more responsive governance.
“The massive size of yesterday’s protests prove the energy of our democracy, the force of the voice of the street and the civility of our population,” she said…
The demonstrators are demanding better education, schools and transport after mass protests across at least seven cities on Monday, which intensified after clashes with police in Sao Paulo… (more)
