article_snippet: Inflation is rising and the currency has plummeted against the dollar in recent weeks, making life more expensive in a nation with a surprisingly high cost of living.
article_snippet: demand has no legal foot to stand on.'
article_snippet: At Copacabana, protester Sheila Alcantara said protester Sheila Alcantara recently had to close a restaurant protester Sheila Alcantara owned because of rapidly rising prices for electricity and food.  