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A huge anti-corruption demonstration held by a yoga guru earlier this summer was broken up by riot police.
The demonstration, held by around 200 members of the Ava Guarani ethnic group, protested a bill sent by Mr Servin to congress, which would restrict the leasing of state land managed by indigenous people.
At the first demonstration, held by students in Sao Paulo, some 20,000 people sang a song Mr. Veloso released in 1967, "Alegria, Alegria". "I was very proud," he said with a grin.
The most recent demonstration held by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections, in July, drew tens of thousands of people and was broken up by police officers using tear gas and water cannons, a tactic that was condemned by rights groups.
He later declined to condemn a torch-bearing demonstration held by white nationalists at the monument.
This is in direct contrast to demonstrations held by reformists.
Egypt's interim vice president said on Saturday that force could be used only as a last resort to disperse demonstrations held by supporters of Mohamed Morsi.
CAIRO — Egypt's interim vice president said on Saturday that force could be used only as a last resort to disperse demonstrations held by supporters of Mohamed Morsi, who was deposed by the military a month ago.
Up to 6,000 people came to an anti-Kremlin protest in Yekaterinburg on Dec. 10, a relatively large event for the region that was scheduled to coincide with the first of the two huge demonstrations held by the opposition in Moscow.
More than 250 people were arrested and at least 100 injured – including one protester who was in a serious condition on Saturday night – after the violence erupted on the margins of anti-fuel tax demonstrations held by the citizens' protest movement known as the gilets jaunes (yellow vests).
