巴西總統召集緊急內閣會議討論如何應對抗議
Brazil's president has called for an emergency Cabinet meeting to discuss an intensifying protest movement that has not slowed down despite government concessions.
At least one million protesters rallied in dozens of cities across Brazil Thursday, including at least 300,000 in Rio de Janeiro where police fired tear gas to contain the crowds.
Protesters also stormed the foreign ministry in the capital, Brasilia, throwing burning objects and firecrackers into the building before being repelled by police.
President Dilma Rousseff will meet with several government ministers early Friday to discuss how to respond to the protests, the country's biggest in two decades. She has already called off a trip to Japan planned for next week.
This week's protests were originally triggered by an increase in bus and subway fares, but protesters have since focused on what they say is the government's neglect of public services, high taxes, and rampant corruption.巴西總統羅塞夫召集緊急內閣會議，討論如何應對不斷擴大的抗議活動。儘管政府做出讓步，但抗議聲勢並未減弱。
星期四，至少1百萬人在巴西數十個城市舉行集會，其中里約熱內盧至少有30萬人集會，當地警察發射催淚彈，試圖壓制抗議者。
抗議者還衝入首都巴西利亞的外交部，向外交部大樓內投擲燃燒物和爆竹，隨後被警察驅散。
星期五清晨，羅塞夫總統將會見幾名政府部長， 討論如何應對巴西20年來規模最大的抗議活動。此外，羅塞夫還取消了計劃下星期對日本的訪問。
本星期的抗議活動最初是公交車和地鐵車票漲價引起的，隨後抗議者把矛頭指向政府對公共服務、高稅率以及嚴重腐敗等問題的漠視。
