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Police in Brazil have fired tear gas and stun grenades to keep protestors away from the headquarters of President Dilma Rousseff. Thousands of people demanding her resignation rallied in the capital, Brasilia. They accuse President Rousseff and her Workers Party of corruption. Thee was also a large anti-Rousseff demonstration in Brazil's largest city, Sao Paolo. But the anger is not universal -- in the capital, hundreds of people demonstrated in support of her. Earlier, parliamentarians relaunched impeachment proceedings against the President and a judge blocked her attempt to appoint her predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as her chief of staff. Newsday spoke to campaigner Rogerio Chequer in Sau Paulo.

Picture - Police charge on activists protesting in front of the Palacio de Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia Credit: EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images