Tens of thousands march against Rousseff throughout Brazil

[Marksman_91]

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/mar/15/tens-of-thousands-march-demanding-brazil/

Tens of thousands of Brazilians are marching in cities demanding President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment and blasting what they say is deep government corruption.

In many instances, demonstrators openly called for a military coup to dissolve the government.

The Sunday marches were peaceful, with families wearing shirts with colors of the Brazilian flag and holding placards demanding Rousseff's ouster.

But obviously the only answer to this is that all those "protesters" are all right-wing fascists that are all bought by the CIA.

[shenmue]

1. Notice this happened right after she signed the new law against domestic violence

[Marksman_91]

2. It has actually has more to do with the Petrobras scandal

But nice try for attempting to spin this into something that is not related to what is actually happening

[OBenario]

3. A protest from the opposition.

So what?

[forest444]

4. That's what it is. Politics are the real motivation here.

They smell blood. These are the same people who, when neocon-friendly regimes (elected or not) of the '70s, '80s, and '90s perpetrated record-level, nation-busting financial collapse, called for patience or actually cheered them on outright, telling themselves and every business rag that would listen that "recovery is just around the corner."

Where, as Americans, have we heard that before?

And welcome to DU, OBenario! I hope you find it an informative and, yes, entertaining place to be. Happy posting, my good sir.

[OBenario]

5. Thank you forest444.

I'd like to add this picture published by The Guardian.

It pretty much summarizes everything.

:large

[forest444]

6. A keen observation there.

The pink elephant in the room of Latin American politics has always been race.

Race and social status are, unfortunately, still fairly well intertwined in the region, and it's no secret many (though by no means all) white voters will fall in lock-step with right-wing politics out of a sense of privilege - privileges which they see as under threat by the left-leaning governments in the region (never mind that most of them - save for Venezuela's, which has probably gone too far to the left - have presided over an era of considerable growth for the middle classes).

I can't claim to know Brazil well; but I was there as a child some 30 years ago. My parents rented a time-share for two weeks in Barra de Tijuca, and I still treasure the memories. Rio - what a city! I really should go back some day.