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by Georg Ismar | DPA-INTERNATIONAL | August 17, 2015
Rio de Janeiro (dpa) – Complaining of corruption and a weak economy, hundreds of thousands of Brazilians went out onto the streets Sunday to call for the ouster of President Dilma Rousseff.
The demonstrations in over 100 cities and towns were the largest in months but probably fell short of the estimated 1.7 million participants in the largest protests to date earlier this year.
Police said the number of demonstrators was about 879,000, but organizers said more than twice that number took part, at 2 million, the news portal Globo reported.
Rousseff called a crisis session with her closest ministers.
In Rio de Janeiro demonstrators held signs saying Rousseff and former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should be sent to jail. “Out with Dilma and the Workers’ Party,” one banner said.
