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Are we next? Brazil police shoot anti-government protesters.
Brazil police accused of shooting at anti-government protestersOfficials investigate after media images appear to show officers firing weapons at demonstration calling for resignation of president Michel Temer
25 May 2017
Brazilian authorities are investigating reports that police officers opened fire with live ammunition during clashes with protesters demanding the resignation of the president, Michel Temer, over corruption allegations.
Troops were deployed in the country’s capital late on Wednesday following a day of protests in which fires broke out in two ministries and several were evacuated. Protesters also set fires in the streets and vandalized government buildings.
Images in national media appeared to show police officers firing weapons, and the secretariat of public security said it was investigating. In all, 49 people were injured, one by a bullet.
On Thursday, Temer canceled the troop deployment after criticism that the move was excessive and merely an effort to hold onto power amid increasing calls for his resignation.
In a decree published in the official diary, Temer revoked the order issued a day earlier, “considering the halt to acts of destruction and violence and the subsequent re-establishment of law and order”. On Thursday afternoon, however, soldiers were still stationed in Brasilia.
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Troops were deployed in the country’s capital late on Wednesday following a day of protests in which fires broke out in two ministries and several were evacuated. Protesters also set fires in the streets and vandalized government buildings.
Images in national media appeared to show police officers firing weapons, and the secretariat of public security said it was investigating. In all, 49 people were injured, one by a bullet.
On Thursday, Temer canceled the troop deployment after criticism that the move was excessive and merely an effort to hold onto power amid increasing calls for his resignation.
In a decree published in the official diary, Temer revoked the order issued a day earlier, “considering the halt to acts of destruction and violence and the subsequent re-establishment of law and order”. On Thursday afternoon, however, soldiers were still stationed in Brasilia.
Brazil: explosive recordings implicate President Michel Temer in bribery
Read more
Temer’s popularity has been in a freefall .............
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Sorry to everyone who now needs brain bleach, I'm sending it post-haste.
