By Nicole Froio, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Around 100,000 people are expected to protest in the city center of Rio today against the bill that would redistribute an estimated R$77 billion the state by 2020 from oil royalties. According to calculations made by State Secretary of Economic Development, if the bill passes the state of Rio will lose R$3.4 billion in 2013 alone.
The protesters, who will be arriving at around 2PM today, will be speaking on behalf of the campaign “Veta, Dilma!” (Veto it, Dilma!), that asks President Dilma Rousseff to veto the . . .
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