article_snippet: President Dilma Rousseff faced the biggest challenge of her short but turbulent second term, as hundreds of thousands of protesters took to streets in more than 150 cities to demand her impeachment and an end to corruption.
article_snippet: The Sunday protests, organised by right-leaning groups on social media and held across the country add to the mounting pressure on Rousseff, who is facing both political and economic crises.
article_snippet: The protests add to the mounting pressure on Rousseff, who is facing both political and economic crises as Brazil's economy stalls and dozens of top political figures are investigated in a kickback scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras.
article_snippet: Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo defended the government, emphasizing Rousseff's record as a leftist guerrilla who stood up to Brazil's 1964-85 military regime — and who was jailed for three years and brutally tortured because of it.
article_snippet: Rousseff has said Rousseff fully supports peaceful demonstrations and
article_snippet: Rousseff, a former chairwoman of Petrobras board, has not been implicated and so far is not being investigated, though top officials from her administration, including two former chiefs of staff, are caught up in the inquiry.
article_snippet: The mass marches are another thorn in Rousseff's side, adding impetus to opposition efforts to thwart measures her backs in Congress.
highlights_snippet: President Dilma Rousseff faces the biggest challenge of her career .
  
highlights_snippet: her is facing both political and economic crises in her second term .
  