-Caveat Lector- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 04:48:29 -0400 From: DAMN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: DAMN: 26-AUG-1999: Brazilian Trade Unions Participate in Mass Demonstration Title: Brazilian Trade Unions Participate in Mass Demonstration Author: International Metalworkers Federation News Date: 26-AUG-1999 Source: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, DAMN's labor topic specialist Reference: International Metalworkers Federation News http://www.imfmetal.org/imf/main/main_text.cfm?show=news&ID=191 In the largest demonstration yet against the five-year government of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, approximately 100,000 people from all over the country, representing trade unions, other organisations and opposition political parties, marched on the Congress building in Bras�lia on August 26. In particular, the marchers were protesting the president's free market policies and economic austerity plans and demanding the creation of a parliamentary commission to investigate irregularities in the privatisation process of the telecommunications group Telebr�s. If the alleged irregularities are proved to be correct, a procedure to impeach the president will be demanded. Some of the marchers were asking for his immediate resignation. This latest mass demonstration follows earlier ones this summer, one organised in July by thousands of truck drivers who blockaded all main cities in the country in protest at the rising cost of fuel and the high tolls on privatised roads. And, more recently, farmers and landowners, who are demanding a write-off of US$9 billion of debt, continue to camp out in Bras�lia in order to put pressure on the government. This is the DAMN News Email list http://damn.tao.ca To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asking to: unsubscribe damn ***DAMN DISCLAIMER - IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE*** DAMN receives many unsolicited reports and tries but can not verify all information contained within. DAMN therefore disclaims responsibility for the information in this message and urges you to contact the reporter personally for further verification. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
