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Maira Zenon holds a sign that reads in Portuguese:"Quality public transportation now! Gratuity, Integration, Accessibility, Completion of the subway, and decent bike lanes,"during a protest in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2013.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's administration is having a hard time making sense of the protests erupting across the country .

Protestors are reflected on the glass of a building, left, as they march in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 17, 2013.

A wave of new protests swept through areas of Sao Paulo, the country's largest city, early on Wednesday as groups of demonstrators shut roads leading into the city, snarling traffic and increasing pressure on political leaders.

The second biggest initial public offering this year, a massive $4.8 billion launch by Brazilian cement maker Votorantim Cimentos, was canceled a day before its planned launch date, reports Reuters .

Blog about the demonstrations and riots which have swept Brazil in the wake of an increase in the price of public transport.

A demonstrator holds up a Brazilian flag in front of a group of protestors gathered in the main plaza of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

Demonstrators run past burning garbage during protests against poor public services, police violence and government corruption in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Politicians warned of being 'on wrong side of history' as anger swells about state of nation and World Cup extravagance Brazilians gather at the city hall in SA o Paulo as part of widespread protests about high costs, poor services and spending on the World Cup.

Demonstrators attempt to take the Tiradentes Palace -- Rio de Janeiro's Legislative Assembly building-- during a protest in Rio de Janeiro, on June 17, 2013.

Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship broke out across this continent-sized country, with more expected Tuesday, protests uniting multitudes frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy tax burden.

I worked on Father's Day, but if I had my choice, I couldn't think of a better way to spend it than by fishing with my kids.

Brazil, the world's second-largest producer of iron ore, unveiled a long-awaited bill to reform the country's 46-year-old mining code on Tuesday, proposing royalties of up to 4 percent, double the current rate.

A demonstrator holds a Brazilian flag in front of a burning barricade during a protest in Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday If there are burning barricades, crowds amassing across cities hundreds of thousands-strong, fights with riot police that leave protesters hospitalized, eyes streaming with tear gas, I can promise you one thing: ... (more)

"The people have awakened," was clearly the message as roughly 240,000 Brazilians railed 'against the system' in nearly a dozen largely-peaceful demonstrations in cities across the country Monday night.

On Saturday, thousands of Brazilian fans at the Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha booed and heckled FIFA president Sepp Blatter and Brazilian president Dilma Roussef during the opening ceremony of the Confederations Cup.

Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians have poured into the streets of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to protest against transit-system fare hikes ... of nine cents.

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Brazil's biggest cities throughout Monday evening, punctuating a week's worth of protests that started with students in Sao Paulo pushing back against a bus-fare hike.

Two world-class clubs who got off to very different starts at the 2013 Confederations Cup will square off Wednesday in a heated affair as Brazil takes on Mexico, and the match will come down to one-on-one showdowns.

Brazilians held their breath on Monday night as tens of thousands of demonstrators, placards and roses in hand, once again poured into the streets of the country's largest cities while phalanxes of black-clad riot police stood at the ready.