Brazil students launch fiery protests against education cuts

Wednesday’s nationwide demonstrations - the first since Bolsonaro took office on January 1 - came as the ultraconservative government struggles to get its signature pension reform through Congress, which is seen as crucial to kick-starting growth in Latin America’s biggest economy. Tens of thousands of students, teachers and professors marched in ’defence of education’ in Brazil’s biggest cities after the government said it would suspend 30 percent of discretionary spending for public universities in the se