People line up before filling out applications while looking for job opportunities, in front of the building of an employment agency in Brasilia, Brazil, March 8, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
BRASILIA (Reuters) - More than 2 million Brazilians are set to lose unemployment benefits by June, data obtained by Reuters show, threatening to erode support for embattled President Dilma Rousseff among her core working class supporters when she needs them most.
The expiration of benefits could fuel frustration and feed a growing wave of protests against Brazil's left-leaning government just as some wavering Congressmen throw their weight behind impeachment proceedings against Rousseff that began last week.
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