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Judi Lynn

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3. Police Crushes Demonstration in Brasilia with Bombs, Horse Soldiers

Wed Dec 14, 2016, 05:15 AM

Dec 2016

Police Crushes Demonstration in Brasilia with Bombs, Horse Soldiers

Brasilia, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) The Military Police used today tear gas, stun bombs, pepper spray and horse soldiers to repress thousands of demonstrators opposing the harsh fiscal adjustment passed today by the Brazilian Senate.

The Brazilian Agency said that at least two police officers and a demonstrator were injured and both sides attacked each other at the Esplanade of the Ministries, where some fire outbreaks were reported.

Demonstrations against the Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC 55), sent by President Michel Temer to the Congress and by which public spending will be frozen for 20 years, began this morning in several regions of the country.

In Rio Grande do Sul, where roads were blocked and barricaded with tires, the Military Police also used sound bombs to break up demonstrators.

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