Mal-estar em Bucareste

NY Times 19-01-2012, por Nicholas Kulish

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/world/europe/romanian-protesters-urge-governments-ouster.html

Romanian Protesters Urge Government’s Ouster

Foto Bogdan Cristel / Reuters / NY Times

Thousands of protesters gathered in Romania’s capital on Thursday to demand the ouster of the government and new elections, as a week of demonstrations against far-reaching austerity measures and years of difficult reforms seemed to gain strength.

Economic frustrations have spilled into the streets here, as they have in Spain and Greece. Protesters in University Square downtown shouted chants calling for the resignation of President Traian Basescu and his ally, Prime Minister Emil Boc.

(..) The wave of protests, which have spread across the country, broke out after a popular health official resigned last week over government proposals to overhaul the health-care system. The official was reinstated this week, and a controversial proposal to partly privatize the medical emergency-response system has been shelved for now, but the protests have continued. (..) 

2012-01-20