Nationwide street protests Sunday against the government kept the pressure on embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff as the country heads to its longest recession since 1931.
More than half a million people took to the streets to denounce corruption and economic mismanagement amid calls for Rousseff’s impeachment or resignation. While the rally drew fewer people than similar demonstrations in March, rising unemployment and the fastest inflation in more than a decade will keep Rousseff under fire.
“The crisis has greatly impacted the economy: people don’t have credit, lost their jobs and are no longer able to go shopping,” Jankiel Santos, chief economist at investment bank BESI Brasil, said. “It’s hard to imagine any respite for the government’s popularity stemming from the economy.”
Brazil Energy Insight 
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