Brazilian police clash with protesters rejecting new leader

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Brazilian police clash with protesters rejecting new leader
Sep 4, 10:03 PM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) -- Police in Brazil's biggest city clashed with protesters who marched to reject the new president Sunday, five days after Dilma Rousseff was ousted as leader of South America's biggest nation.

Sao Paulo authorities said they were forced to use tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons to stop vandalism after an "initially peaceful" demonstration against President Michel Temer.

In a statement, the public safety department said a group became violent at a subway station, destroying turnstiles and throwing rocks at anti-riot police after the demonstration ended.

Earlier in the day, people gathered on the Copacabana promenade in Rio de Janeiro to demand Temer's removal and call for new elections.

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[Blue_Tires]

1. They'll get their chance to vote him out soon enough

They would do well to focus on that...

[mtasselin]

2. yes

Yes, but will it matter, the libertarians or neoliberals are so powerful that they can change an election. The USA has been doing it in South and Central America for decades.

[Blue_Tires]

7. Or like Russia is doing to us now...

[Coyotl]

3. I wouldn't count on that after this coup d'etat.

And, if there is another election, can we count on it not being corrupted by the criminals running the country now?

[Blue_Tires]

6. Well fine, let the folks most pissed off about this

stay home and not vote, then... I'm sure things will magically get better for them.

[Coyotl]

8. I'm saying don't count on the coup d'etat junta holding elections at all, not soon, not as scheduled

and don''t expect them to reveal what they are up to before necessary.

We can only hope people who overthrow democracies will allow an election as the constitution provides. They know very well that the regime will be throw out if there is another election.

[Judi Lynn]

9. That's the last thing they'd allow. Fascists aren't popular with human beings. n/t

[socialist_n_TN]

4. They did vote the neo-liberals out...........

but it didn't matter. They just won the legislature and impeached her. Democracy doesn't matter to these bloodsuckers.

[OBenario]

5. No, thank you. n/t