Pension Reforms Spark Violent Protest
From Times Wire Reports
Rock-throwing Brazilians opposed to changing the current pension system clashed with riot police in Brasilia, the capital.
The march by an estimated 50,000 government workers ended in violence after hundreds broke through police barricades. At least four protesters and two policemen were injured.
The demonstration came hours after Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved a key constitutional reform that would slash civil servants’ pensions.
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