Surveys both before and after Sunday’s major anti-government protests in Brazil showed that the principal motivation for those who took to the streets in São Paulo and elsewhere was corruption. According to Datafolha, 47% of those present cited corruption as the reason for their presence; only 27% demanded President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment. As such, the government has responded with a package of anti-corruption measures, but only one element can be fulfilled without congressional approval. Securing legislative support for more thorough reform is likely to prove a challenge, given the poisonous atmosphere generated by the investigation into wrongdoing at Petrobras, the state-owned oil company. In the meantime, the activists who organised the 15 March demonstrations have already planned another for 12 April.End of preview - This article contains approximately 1204 words.
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