Protesters poured en masse onto the streets of Brazil’s major cities on Sunday to demand the removal of President Dilma Rousseff, raising the stakes for the leftist leader as she struggles to pull the country out of its worst political and economic crisis in a generation.
The demonstrations were the latest in a wave of anti-government rallies that lost momentum late last year but has gained strength as a sweeping corruption investigation nears Rousseff’s inner circle.
The magnitude of Sunday’s protests could be crucial in persuading a divided Congress to back ongoing impeachment proceedings against Rousseff.
No official estimates for the number of protesters across Brazil were immediately available. But two government sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the demonstrations could be bigger than anti-government rallies in March 2015, which gathered as many as 1 million people.
Brazil Energy Insight 
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