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Like Brazil, Bulgarian people rule with protest
More than 100 legislators, government ministers, journalists and officials were blockaded inside the Bulgarian Parliament building late Tuesday night and into Wednesday, as the 40th day of largely peaceful street protests in Sofia, the capital, turned confrontational. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/world/europe/protests-trap-bulgarian-lawmakers-inside-parliament.html?emc=eta1 Police tried to clear the crowd to make way for a bus exiting Parliament under heavy guard. […]
1 million in the streets of Brazil change policy
Brazil’s Congress has rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that was a key grievance of protesters who took to streets across the country. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23058386 Demonstrators had argued PEC 37, which would have limited the power of federal prosecutors to investigate crimes, might open the way for more corruption. Congress also voted to use all the royalties […]
“The people have awakened” in Brasil, 200K protest
As many as 200,000 people have marched through the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities, as protests over rising public transport costs and the expense of staging the 2014 World Cup have spread. The way the initial marches were policed – with officers accused of firing rubber bullets and tear gas at peaceful protesters – further […]
Dirty Babylon 