Brazil: Protests force government to consider constitutional amendments
3 July 2013
<p id="yui_3_8_1_19_1372848093814_217"><span class="expandable-text"><span class="more-text"> </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> </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> Read the full article here: Yahoo News
Comments
Post new comment