Brazilian protesters demand President’s resignationAugust 17, 2015 - 09:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Hundreds of thousands of protesters demanded Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's resignation Sunday, Aug 16, blaming her and the leftist Workers' Party for runaway corruption and looming recession in Latin America's biggest country, AFP reports. Crowds singing the national anthem and chanting "Dilma out!" paraded through the capital Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, the country's largest city Sao Paulo and elsewhere across Brazil. With some counts still incomplete, the G1 news site reported the latest police estimate for turnout to be 866,000 in dozens of cities and towns. Organizers claimed a total of 1.9 million, including a million in Sao Paulo, where police counted only 350,000. It was the third major anti-Rousseff protest this year, with 600,000 demonstrators taking to the streets in April and at least one million in March. Less than a year into her second term, Rousseff is all but a lame duck, with the opposition considering controversial impeachment proceedings, and the country's elite caught in a vast embezzlement scandal centered on state-oil company Petrobras. Rousseff, a former leftist guerrilla, has likened impeachment threats to a coup plot and insists she will not be forced from office. Late Sunday, her spokesman Edinho Silva said "the government sees these demonstrations as part of normal democracy." Photo: AP Related links: Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents. “By Your Side”: IDBank's new support program for displaced Artsakh citizens IDBank is launching a long-term social support program for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents. The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. |