Five Dead in Protests as Brazil Tackles Graft and Transit
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As Brazil’s biggest street protests in two decades claimed a sixth life, officials sought to quell unrest by increasing penalties for corruption and suspending transportation contracts to allow greater public participation.
A 21-year-old student died in clashes between protesters and police yesterday in Belo Horizonte, Brazil’s third-largest urban area, after a soccer match in which the national team beat Uruguay, Folha de S.Paulo reported. In the coastal town of Guaruja, a truck ran over and killed a protesting teenager, the newspaper said. About 500 protesters gathered today in the northeastern city of Fortaleza ahead of a Confederations Cup soccer semifinal between Italy and Spain.