International Workers' Day marches in Brazil turn into show of support for Rousseff

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Xinhua

International Workers' Day marches in Brazil turn into show of support for Rousseff

Source: Xinhua 2016-05-02 07:19:46

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Brazil's main cities on International Workers' Day in a show of support for the embattled President Dilma Rousseff.

Protests were seen in 16 of the country's 27 states, called by Central Union of Workers (CUT) and numerous other labor and left-wing organizations.

The city of Sao Paulo saw the largest march with around 100,000 people, according to organizers, in three separate marches.

Rousseff appeared at the CUT march in Sao Paulo, alongside the mayor of Sao Paulo, Fernando Haddad, and the president of the Workers' Party, Rui Falcao.


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[forest444]

1. Não vai ter golpe.

Vai ter Dilma!

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2016/05/dilma-rousseff-politics-corruption-media-barons-160501071553893.html

[Judi Lynn]

4. Tremendous article. Sooner or later the truth WILL be well known, regardless of the fascist media

owners in Brazil, who've been promoting a coup for years.

Thank you, so much, forest444.

[forest444]

5. You're welcome, Judi.

I thought you might find it useful. The tip of the iceberg, no doubt.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Rousseff rallies Brazil anti-impeachment crowd

Rousseff rallies Brazil anti-impeachment crowd

By Natalia RAMOS (AFP) 5 hours ago in Politics .

Brazil's embattled leftist President Dilma Rousseff vowed at a protest Sunday to go down fighting ahead of what could be her final full week in power before impeachment.

Thousands of people attended May Day rallies organized by labor unions in cities across Latin America's biggest country, with Rousseff telling a crowd in the financial powerhouse Sao Paulo that she would "fight to the end."

The traditional Labor Day celebrations were dominated by anger at the impeachment drive, described by Rousseff as a coup based on trumped up charges aimed at returning Brazil's center-right to power.

Rousseff, whose Workers' Party has held the presidency since 2003, told the Sao Paulo rally that opponents are "ripping up the constitution" and plotting to undo policies that seek to lift tens of millions of people from grinding poverty.

More:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/rousseff-rallies-brazil-anti-impeachment-crowd/article/464345#ixzz47SEplzkq

[burrowowl]

3. They are right

This impeachment move is about a right wing coup