Brazilian protesters, whose numbers were in the hundreds of thousands, gathered Sunday to demonstrate their collective disapproval of President Dilma Rousseff. The protest illustrates the increasing dissatisfaction and disappointment with Rousseff after it was revealed by former executives at Petrobras, a national oil company, that they gave sizeable bribes from contractors to her 2010 election camp.
The scandal and following protests from the Brazilian community and members of her own governing coalition will only add to the struggle of dealing with a sluggish economy and declining approval ratings.
Still, Rousseff has taken a quieter, non-confrontational approach in response to the protests.
In a video posted on her Facebook page over the weekend, Rousseff said, “In this country, we all have the right to protest.” In addition, she referred to her own past experiences as a protestor of dictatorship during a time when demonstrations such as the one that took place Sunday would not have been allowed. While Rousseff has acknowledged the corruption that took place at Petrobras, she argued that there is no basis for impeachment.
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