International: Thousands Protest Worldwide In Day Of Action To Defend The Amazon

International: Thousands Protest Worldwide In Day Of Action To Defend The Amazon   Global solidarity demonstrations follow growing protests across Brazil   Thousands of people demonstrated yesterday in 17 countries around the world, following protests in 15 Brazilian cities on Saturday, to urge the administration of President Dilma Rousseff to end its assault on the forests and the people of the Amazon. The demonstrators, mostly self organized via facebook, called on the government to...

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