Brazil: Protests force government to consider constitutional amendments

<p id="yui_3_8_1_19_1372848093814_217"><span class="expandable-text"><span class="more-text">&nbsp;</span></span>SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible">Dilma Rousseff</span> on Monday proposed a popular referendum to embark on a sweeping political reform in response to the country's largest <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible">public protests</span> in 20 years.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p> Rousseff called for a <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor">public vote</span> to eventually amend <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible">Brazil</span>'s constitution as she sought to seize the momentum in a national debate set off by two weeks of increasingly disruptive demonstrations.The president also laid out an agenda to....</p>
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