http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/09/29/uk-portugal-protest-idUKBRE88S0E620120929
With some shouting 'Go to hell troika, we want our lives back'...perhaps 50,000 protested peacefully in Lisboa against a 78 billion euro bailout...and the severe austerity measures attached to the aid.
The protest was organized by Portugal's biggest union.
The center right government recently backed down from a social security tax hike after widespread criticism.
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