Brazilians stage rally against Temer-backed reforms

‘Tens of thousands of Brazilians returned to the streets Friday to protest reforms backed by President Michel Temer’s conservative government.
Union members, students, teachers and leftist groups gathered late in the afternoon in central Sao Paulo to demonstrate, as similar protests took place nationwide in cities including Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte.
Unions dubbed Friday’s protests a “warm-up” for a general strike set for April 28.
“Today is another national day of demonstrations against the reform of the pension system, labor laws and all the attacks that the Temer government and its allies are committing against the workers of this country,” said Marcella Azevedo, who leads the Movement of Women in Struggle group.’
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