Secret recordings of Dilma Rousseff and former president Lula fuel infuriate over corruption scandal enveloping ruling party Brazil is bracing for a critical moment in its continuing political crisis amid fears that pro-government demonstrators gathering in cities across the country will clash with opponents.
Early on Friday morning police in São Paulo used water cannons in an attempt to clear anti-government protesters from Avenida Paulista,the citys main thoroughfare, ahead of a march by government supporters and featuring former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Source: theguardian.com