Brazil News: Protesters Call For Military Coup Against Dilma Rousseff

More Brazilians are getting more dissatisfied with unpopular leftist President Dilma Rousseff. Protesters from the far-right have gathered by the several hundred to call for a military coup against the Brazilian president.

Several hundred far-right protesters have gathered on Sunday to denounce the Leftist president. The protesters staged a demonstration in Brasilia, carrying an inflatable doll of a soldier and coffins, which was meant to depict Rousseff's death. This demonstration was to be a rare public display of support for a military takeover, Yahoo reports.

Many of those who have gathered and expressed their outcry said that they grew tired of Rousseff's leadership, and wanted change to happen. They said that military intervention was the only way that the country would be "cleansed".

"It's not a coup, it is just strong medicine, just as if a mother has to give medicine to her son when he is sick," one protester said.

However, those protesters who were part of the far-right faction just a small population of about 3,000 people who had gathered to decry the Brazilian president. Most protesters had called on Congress have Dilma impeached. The president's second term in office has been tarnished by an ugly corruption scandal which has marked the country to fall into a recession.

Dilma has become the subject of heated debate for many Brazilians. Rousseff has faced many scandals, as well as sinking popularity among her people during her second term in office, Washington Post earlier reported.

Rousseff had earlier said that the reason behind all the hatred for her was because of a sexual bias, as she was seen as a strong woman in office, surrounded by men.

"I believe there is a bit of a sexual bias or a gender bias. I am described as a hard and strong woman who puts her nose in everything she's not supposed to, and I am [said to be] surrounded by very cute men." Dilma said.

While the president admits that she does worry about her eleven percent, approval rating she says that it is something that she does not necessarily lose sleep over and that criticisms are something that she has learned to live with.

"You have to live with criticism and with prejudice. I do not have any problem with making mistakes; when one does make a mistake, one should change. There is no ready-made plan to say, "This is the right path, this is the wrong path." In any activity, including government, you must endlessly be making adjustments and changes. If you do not, reality will not wait for you. What does change is a reality," added Rousseff.