Brazilians sick of corrupt politicians hit the streets to protest austerity measures.



Brazilian unions have ratcheted up the pressure on president Michel Temer with a nationwide general strike that closed schools, disrupted transport networks and led to clashes with public security in several cities.

Demonstrators in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo blocked key roads with barricades of burning tires on.

Riot police used teargas and percussion grenades to try to disperse the crowds and open the routes.

Furious demonstrators marched on the home of Brazil's under-fire president, as police officers opened fire on rioters in violent clashes during a public strike.

More than 35 million people stayed away from work during the nationwide strike in Brazil yesterday, as anger boiled over around controversial government austerity measures.

Protesters lit flares outside the home of President Michel Timer, throwing rocks at police in clashes which saw stun grenades fired at those who attempted to break through barriers.

In capital Rio de Janeiro, after hours of clashes with police in front of the legislative building, several buses were torched.



Riot police fire their weapons during a protest in the Pinheiros neighbourhood in Sao Paulo, as widespread riots broke out over government austerity measures.




https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/28/brazil-corruption-unions-strike-michel-temer-austerity?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C7004659013

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4457290/Brazilians-clash-police-national-strike.html

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Protesters lit bonfires outside the House of Representatives in Rio de Janeiro yesterday as they made their opposition to the measures clear.


A man smashes the windscreen of a truck belonging to a subway maintenance crew during clashes with police at a general strike in the Brazilian capital yesterday.

Office furniture was set alight by protest groups in the streets of Rio de Janeiro during the demonstrations yesterday

Here u wud see thousands collecting as little as N1000 to denounce d demonstrators or support d same politicians or govt that has impoverished them.

Buses burn after protesters set them alight during the strikes called by unions against austerity measures brought in by President Michel Temer.

Public transport largely came to a halt across much of Brazil on Friday.

kk

Mehn this guys serious o. Standoff with police for hours and nobody was shot. I trust my 9ja police. They will come with water guns

Riot police officers fires tear gas toward demonstrators amid violent scenesin Rio de Janeiro during anti-austerity protests across the country.



Thousands flooded the streets in anger against labour law and pension reforms, raising questions about whether President Temer will be able to push his proposals through Congress.

Temer's administration argues that more flexible labor rules will revive a moribund economy and warns the pension system will go bankrupt without changes.

Unions and other groups called for the strike, saying that the changes before Congress will make workers too vulnerable and strip away too many benefits.

Buses burned and roads were blocked in a raw demonstration of anger against corruption, and the strike was called as Brazilians worry about the future amid a deep recession and rising unemployment.

iheanyi4u:
Mehn this guys serious o. Standoff with police for hours and nobody was shot. I trust my 9ja police. They will come with water guns

Bro, you never can say ooo.


Can you give an account of how many people arrested or beaten blue-black?

Demonstrators and police clash during a strike in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday.

Millions stayed home, but thousands flooded the streets in anger.

Windows were smashed outside stores during the protest made by groups angry over the government proposals.

unlike my 9ja where de govt. will bribe some fools and they'll stage a counter protest against the *oppositions** (as they may term it), unity is de key to de success of any country...in 9ja we're too divided to stage such a massive protest, they'll call it Hausa vs Igbo, Yoruba vs Fulani...

Demonstrators set barricades on fire in Vale do Anhangabau in Sao Paulo.

Unions and other groups called for the strike, saying that the changes before Congress will make workers too vulnerable and strip away too many benefits.

In Roma Perce Voice.

This is Brazil.

#TeamFastandFurious

The burned out shell of a bus in Rio de Janeiro, where angry protesters set light to vehicles in a night of violence in protest over government plans.

A man takes a selfie in front a burning bus in Rio de Janeiro during the protests yesterday, which saw a national strike descend into violence.

Demonstrators prepare barricades during the protest against under-fire Brazilian president Michel Temer's plans.

A demonstrator hurls a rock at a burning car during the general strike in Rio de Janeiro yesterday, which 35 million people took part in.

A man smashes the window of a Burger King. Police told downtown shopkeepers to close early, apparently out of concern that protesters might head there.

A demonstrator is detained by riot polic. Throughout the day, 21 people were arrested in Sao Paulo, according to military police.

That is what the government get when they push the people to the wall...Buhari, we are coming for you.

We need a political revolution like this, rather than collect table water and 1k to support or protest against the corrupt classes destroying​ and creating divide amongst Nigerians...

Ilu mi Nigeria, ilu to dara ni...

Buhari get ready.

Performance artists take part in a demonstration against under-fire Brazilian president Michel Temer in Sao Paulo, the city where he lives, last night.

The CUT union said around 35 million Brazilians didn't show up for work on Friday, more than one-third of the working population.

Police spray water from cannons at demonstrators next to the Sao Paulo's University.

A woman stands injured with blood on her forehead after being struck by a projectile.

A woman is covered in blood after getting injured by a rubber bullet.

If it were naija.


We would have heard about The umber of protesters killed while the police would deny it.

Lol...if Nigeria have half of the good roads I'm seeing here, then we are truly the giant of Africa.

I trust we NPF hundered(s) will have been dead, buhari we are coming for you

doctokwus:
Here u wud see thousands collecting as little as N1000 to denounce d demonstrators or support d same politicians or govt that has impoverished them.

It's quite appalling.

If only Nigerians can rise up against all these idiot cabals in the senate and legislative house.
I tink it would have been more better

When last did we have a protest in this country ? I guess 2012. A sponsored protest based on propanganda. If I could remember I think it was about the removal of petrol subsidy ? What !
Was is not the same subsidy removal on petrol that was done by those leading knight and gladiator whom where at the forefront of leading massive protest nation wide ? And nothing happened during their tenure. SMH for the un-born generation of Nigeria if it would stand the test of time If only Nigerians can rise up against all these idiot cabals in the senate and legislative house.
I tink it would have been more better

When last did we have a protest in this country ? I guess 2012. A sponsored protest based on propanganda. If I could remember I think it was about the removal of petrol subsidy ? What !
Was is not the same subsidy removal on petrol that was done by those leading knight and gladiator whom where at the forefront of leading massive protest nation wide ? And nothing happened during their tenure. SMH for the un-born generation of Nigeria if it would stand the test of time

Explorers:
Brazilians sick of corrupt politicians hit the streets to protest austerity measures.



Brazilian unions have ratcheted up the pressure on president Michel Temer with a nationwide general strike that closed schools, disrupted transport networks and led to clashes with public security in several cities.

Demonstrators in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo blocked key roads with barricades of burning tires on.

Riot police used teargas and percussion grenades to try to disperse the crowds and open the routes.

Furious demonstrators marched on the home of Brazil's under-fire president, as police officers opened fire on rioters in violent clashes during a public strike.

More than 35 million people stayed away from work during the nationwide strike in Brazil yesterday, as anger boiled over around controversial government austerity measures.

Protesters lit flares outside the home of President Michel Timer, throwing rocks at police in clashes which saw stun grenades fired at those who attempted to break through barriers.

In capital Rio de Janeiro, after hours of clashes with police in front of the legislative building, several buses were torched.



Riot police fire their weapons during a protest in the Pinheiros neighbourhood in Sao Paulo, as widespread riots broke out over government austerity measures.




https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/28/brazil-corruption-unions-strike-michel-temer-austerity?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C7004659013

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4457290/Brazilians-clash-police-national-strike.html

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

We need this in Nigeria!

Temer probably thought it was going to be smooth sailing when he took over from Rousseff many months back but right now,reality is stares him in the face. Brazilians got no chill.

Explorers:

A woman is covered in blood after getting injured by a rubber bullet.

i can't imagine dat d police use rubber bullet 2 stop d protest when in my country our so called police bring out their rusted gun and shoting innocent citizens when they re fighting 4 their right.

Sumtimz wen i luk at d happenings of dis country, i feel lyk Nigeria is still in d Millitary regime

The land owning, bank owning and mostly white upper classes who engineered a legal coup against Dilma are now seeing the roosters coming home to roost. The social/economic reforms made under Lula and his party turned around the fortunes of many previously poor but talented but brown/black Brazilians. And for the first time in that country's history, a mans labour was respected and duly honoured by giving people a fair wage and benefits, something previously unheard of. Access to loans and support to the most indigent was commonplace, there was a rising middle class that was increasingly brown/black. This didn't sit well with the mostly white controlling classes as their tenure at the top of society was under threat. They desperately want to maintain an unequal and racial status quo in Brazil, and they will do anything even murder the constitution and rule of law if they must, as they surely are trying under this new puppet. What were seeing here is more than just a labour strike its also the beginning if an epic race/class struggle because the two are closely related in Brazil.

Pray for Brazil.