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World | Sun Dec 13, 2015 2:30pm EST
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Brazilians take to streets to demand Rousseff's impeachment
SAO PAULO | By Caroline Stauffer
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Demonstrators burn a coffin that represent Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff during a protest calling for the impeachment of Rousseff in front of the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, December 13, 2015.
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Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets of major cities on Sunday to demand President Dilma Rousseff's ouster, but the first nationwide protests since formal impeachment proceedings began were smaller than similar events earlier this year.
Police did not provide official estimates for turnout although television stations said there were about 6,000 in Sao Paulo and slightly fewer in Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia.
"This is just a warm-up, there will be a huge mobilization in January," said Paloma Morena, a 35-year-old chemist on Sao Paulo's most famous street, Avenida Paulista.
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in August and up to a million Brazilians were estimated to have turned out in March. A large-scale mobilization could increase pressure on lawmakers to vote for Rousseff's impeachment.
Lower House Speaker Eduardo Cunha opened impeachment proceedings on Dec. 2, agreeing Congress should consider opposition allegations that Rousseff violated budget laws to increase spending during her 2014 re-election campaign.
But many Brazilians are more upset about the worst economic recession in at least 25 years and a corruption scandal at state-run oil firm Petrobras that has ensnared many of her allies. Rousseff is not under investigation, but many Brazilians question how she could not have known about the corruption as she was chairwoman of Petrobras from 2003 to 2010.
"Inflation is through the roof, unemployment is shockingly high and we get nothing for the amount of taxes we pay," said Andre Patrao, a 47-year-old economist demonstrating in Rio's posh Copacabana neighborhood.
Currently the opposition is not thought to have the votes to impeach Rousseff, who denies mishandling public accounts and has pledged to fight impeachment in order to finish her second term.
If a house committee decides in favor of impeachment, the process will go to a full vote on the house floor, where the opposition needs two-thirds of the votes to begin a 180-day impeachment trial in the Senate. During that trial, Rousseff would be suspended and replaced by Vice President Michel Temer.
The Supreme Court has suspended impeachment proceedings until it rules on the validity of a secret ballot vote that selected the members of the house committee. Meanwhile Cunha, a former ally who broke with Rousseff, is facing formal charges in the Petrobras investigation over allegations he took bribes.
Brazil's largest umbrella union CUT has called a protest to support Rousseff on Dec. 16.
(Additional reporting by Stephen Eisenhammer in Rio de Janeiro and Anthony Boadle in Brasilia; editing by Andrew Roche and Grant McCool)
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Brazil Impeachment Protests
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A man wearing a mask in the likeness of former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in prison stripes march during a demonstration for the impeachment of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. Dozens of cities are staging protests across Brazil asking Congress to impeach President Dilma Rousseff. Hundreds have gathered Sunday in cities such as Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo wearing Brazil's national soccer jersey. They are holding banners that criticize the president and her Workers' Party for a massive corruption scandal at the state-run oil company. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
A man wearing a mask in the likeness of former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in prison stripes march during a demonstration for the impeachment of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. Dozens of cities are staging protests across Brazil asking Congress to impeach President Dilma Rousseff. Hundreds have gathered Sunday in cities such as Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo wearing Brazil's national soccer jersey. They are holding banners that criticize the president and her Workers' Party for a massive corruption scandal at the state-run oil company. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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AFP/Miguel Schincariol - A rally in support of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment on Paulista Avenue, in Sao Paulo, Brazil on December 13, 2015
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Protests calling for the impeachment of embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff saw weak turnout Sunday morning, with tens of thousands fewer people than expected attending rallies seen as a barometer of national mood.
The country's first female president, a leftist, is battling for her political life, as she stands accused of illegal budgeting maneuvers that she says were long-accepted practices by previous governments.
On Tuesday, pro-Rousseff and opposition deputies pushed and screamed during voting to form an impeachment commission.
But protesters Sunday were much calmer, marching peacefully behind a giant inflatable Rousseff dressed up as Pinocchio in Brasilia.
Police said some 6,000 protesters were part of the demonstration, while organizers pegged the number closer to 30,000.
Either is a far cry from the 60,000 demonstrators which authorities prepared for, military police commander Alexandre Sergio told AFP.
In ten other states, notably in the north and northeast, mobilization was also weak.
Protests in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil's two largest cities, were not expected to begin until late afternoon.
However some 6,000 protesters were already gathered at Rio's Copacabana beach holding placards that read "Impeachment now!" and "Out with the corrupt!"
"We expect fewer people today than for other protests when we had two or three months to organize. This here today is a sign that people will come back out in the streets and are open to impeachment," Kim Kataguiri, national coordinator for one of the biggest anti-government movements, told AFP in Sao Paulo.
Turnout at Sunday's protests is seen as an indicator of national mood, which could influence Congress' leanings on impeachment.
With only 10 percent popularity ratings, Rousseff has little political muscle and the impeachment push in part reflects the country's anger at multiple crises, including a corruption scandal at state oil giant Petrobras.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court suspended for one week the commission which will recommend whether or not Congress should impeach the president, citing irregularities.
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