A protester is silhouetted against a burning barricade in front of law enforcement troops (backs to camera) during a demonstration outside the stadium before the Confederations Cup football match between Nigeria and Uruguay in Salvador June 20, 2013. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's biggest protests in two decades intensified on Thursday despite government concessions meant to quell the demonstrations, as 300,000 people took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro and hundreds of thousands more flooded other cities.
Undeterred by the reversal of transport fare hikes that sparked the protests, and promises of better public services, marchers demonstrated around two international football matches and in locales as diverse as the Amazon capital of Manaus and the prosperous southern city of Florianopolis.
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