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President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil proposed a series of bold changes to the countrys political system on Monday,including convening a constituent assembly apparently aimed at overhauling Congress and campaign-finance methods,in an effort to assuage the concerns of protesters who have stunned the nation this month with their anti-establishment demonstrations.
Rousseff expanded upon proposals she unveiled on Friday in a nationally televised address. She said Monday that the government would allocate more than $22 billion to upgrading public transit systems,largely by building subways,and emphasized that hiring foreign doctors to work at beleaguered public hospitals an unpopular plan among Brazilian doctor groups would be an emergency step.
