Tear Gas Fired Outside Brazil Match as Protests Reignite
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As protests turned violent near a stadium where Brazil’s national team was playing arch-rival Uruguay, legislators kept up a lawmaking spurt aimed at quelling the biggest street demonstrations in two decades by stiffening the legal penalty for corruption.
Images on Globo TV showed dark smoke from a car dealership set on fire mixing with light-gray tear gas as police clashed with protesters outside the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil’s third-largest urban area, marring an initially peaceful march Globo estimated at 50,000-strong. In both Brasilia at least 4,000 gathered without violence.