article_snippet.sent: Sao Paulo, Brazil (CNN)Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians are taking to the streets in protests across the country, lashing out against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff as Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff struggles with an economic downturn and a massive bribery scandal.
article_snippet.sent: The demonstrators have called for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to be impeached.
article_snippet.sent: On the other side Rousseff's base is holding rallies in Rousseff's base support.
article_snippet.sent: But Brazilians are still outraged.
article_snippet.sent: Rousseff won re-election with just over 50% of valid votes in October, but Rousseff's base approval rating plummeted to 13% after the protests last month.
article_snippet.sent: Roughly half of the voting population didn't vote for Rousseff, and many of those same people joined protests immediately after elections.
article_snippet.sent: Rousseff's supporters like to characterize the protesters as Brazilian elite and right-wingers, and some small groups do carry signs calling for a military intervention to oust the President.
article_snippet.sent: But with the Petrobras scandal growing and the economy sinking, the protests have gotten bigger and broader, with many demonstrators saying the protests initially voted for Rousseff.
article_snippet.sent: Protesters say Rousseff should be impeached for failing to halt the corruption at Petrobras.
article_snippet.sent: The demonstrations are meant as a show of force for democracy, with participants saying the President was democratically elected and cannot be impeached.
article_snippet.sent: But in the current political crisis, Rousseff hasn't been able to make much progress.
highlights_snippet.sent: Protesters angry over bribery scandal involving state-run oil company Petrobras .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff also is struggling with an economic downturn .