Police raid
FEW groups are better equipped to blast a hole in President Fernando Henrique Cardoso's anti-inflation plan than Brazil's discontented policemen. Last month in the big south-eastern state of Minas Gerais, thousands went on strike, marched on the governor's offices, and amid disorderly clashes left a corporal fatally wounded. The governor is from Mr Cardoso's own PSDB party, but not noted for firm leadership. Though the army was called in, he swiftly awarded the strikers a 48% pay rise.
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