HUNDREDS of thousands of protesters marched across Brazil on Thursday to oppose ongoing legalistic efforts to oust the Workers’ Party government.

Trade unions, students and social movements took part in pro-democracy demonstrations in 56 cities across 20 of Brazil’s states and even overseas — in Paris, Munich, Barcelona and the Portuguese city of Coimbra.

The protests were in support of President Dilma Rousseff, who is facing calls for her impeachment over the multimillion “Car Wash” bribery scandal at state oil firm Petrobras, despite her not being implicated in any crime.
Her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led a march by 100,000 people in the capital Brasilia.