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Sao Paulo, Brazil – June 18, 2013

1. Pan from right to left of Paulista Avenue where demonstration took place

2. Wide of crowd

3. Wide of crowd

4. Pan from left to right of demonstrators marching

5. Mid of demonstrators wearing Brazilian flags on their backs

6. Close of demonstrators passing by

7. Mid of demonstrators marching while singing the national anthem

8. Close of a group of rappers at the protest

9. Close of demonstrator wearing Brazilian flag and television antenna in the background also illuminated in Brazil colors

10. Wide of protesters passing by television antenna illuminated in Brazil colors

11. Wide of demonstrators and building in Brazil colors

12. Mid of demonstrators shouting, whistling and waving to the camera

STORYLINE

Thousands of demonstrators flooded into a square in Brazil’s economic hub, Sao Paulo, on Tuesday for the latest in a historic wave of protests against the shoddy state of public transit, schools and other public services in this booming South American giant.

Although Tuesday’s march in Sao Paulo ended up violently at City Hall when a small group lashed out at police and tried to invade the building, the majority of the march down the main Paulista Avenue was peaceful and cheerful.

Wearing the colors of Brazil, a sea of protesters of all ages and classes chanted the national anthem and demanded better health, education and justice systems in a country where billions are being spent in high profile sporting events but where hospitals, schools and politics still reflect a poor government.

“It is for the corrupt Brazil that we are living in,” explained Lair Pedrosa during the march.” “Health, unemployment, education, everything. Everything wrong,” she repeated.

“It’s the fury of an irritated Brazil with this damn corrupt stealing government,” added another protester, Lucia Vieira.

After an estimated turnout of 240,000 people in 10 cities Monday, the protests are turning into the most significant in Brazil since the end of the country’s 1964-85 military dictatorship, when crowds rallied to demand the return of democracy.

Many protesting in Brazil’s streets hail from the country’s growing middle class, which government figures show has ballooned by some 40 million over the past decade amid a commodities-driven economic boom.

They say they’ve lost patience with endemic problems such as government corruption and inefficiency. They’re also slamming Brazil’s government for spending billions of dollars on sports stadiums in advance of hosting next year’s World Cup soccer tournament and the 2016 Olympics, while leaving other needs unmet.

The government spent nearly $500 million to renovate Maracana stadium in Rio for the World Cup even though the venue already went through a significant face-lift before the 2007 Pan American Games. City, state and other local governments are spending nearly $12 billion on projects for the Olympics in Rio.