SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Another round of demonstrations unfolded in cities throughout Brazil on Saturday, after many in the country’s sweeping protest movement angrily dismissed an effort by President Dilma Rousseff to address their broad demands.
The protests largely lacked the intensity of those in previous days, particularly Thursday, when more than a million Brazilians took to the streets to rail against the government on a range of issues. Protests were planned in more than 20 cities on Saturday, including São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. In the far-flung city of Rio Branco in the Amazon, an estimated 15,000 people demonstrated without any reports of violence.
Demonstrations took place in two large cities hosting soccer games in the Confederations Cup, a major tournament under way here. In Salvador, the capital of Bahia State, the authorities said that about 2,500 people protested as the Brazilian national team played Italy. Reports said that organizers agreed to keep the march away from the stadium, but a small group of protesters approached the stadium and there was a confrontation with the police.