Police control demonstrators as they march towards the Castelao Stadium during a Copa Confederations soccer match in Fortaleza, June 23, 2013. REUTERS/Davi Pinheiro
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Monday proposed a popular referendum to embark on a sweeping political reform in response to the country's largest public protests in 20 years.
Rousseff called for a public vote to eventually amend Brazil's constitution as she sought to seize the momentum in a national debate set off by two weeks of increasingly disruptive demonstrations.
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