thousands of Brazilians attended rallies on Monday in the country's largest cities to protest against the increase in transport fares and the cost of the World Cup 2014 at the expense of public services. In São Paulo, at least 65 000 people participated in the protests, which occupied two distinct points of the city. In Rio de Janeiro, another large protest took care of all the Avenida Rio Branco. Experts Coppe / UFRJ evaluated in 100 000 the number of participants. Clashes were reported in front of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (Alerj). Demonstrators who tried to storm the place threw stones, Molotov cocktails and firing rockets towards police cornered in building Alerj target of graffiti. At least one car was burned in the region. The police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. According to an official of the PM, about 80 police officers are refugees within the Legislative Assembly, including five wounded soldiers. "This is very good. In Brazil people do not usually go to the streets, is a beautiful picture," one protester told AFP in Rio de Janeiro. "I'm here to show that Brazil is not only football. Here is not only party. There are other concerns, such as lack of investment in the really important things, health and education," the lawyer told AFP Daiana Venancio, 24, in downtown Rio "What sense is there to make a feast for the gringos when Brazil is evil?" - Asked Priscilla Parra, physics student 20 years. In São Paulo, the demonstrations closed the Marginal Pinheiros and went to the Palace of the Bandeirantes. Another crowd occupied the Avenida Faria Lima, in the southern capital. "I want Brazil chord.'s Not just the passages, but also for education and health," he told AFP Diyo Coelho, 20, carrying flowers through the streets of São Paulo. In Brasilia, demonstrators marched through the Esplanade of Ministries and hundreds occupied the roof of the National Congress. "Brazil is fucked, people appeared", "Brazilian'm very proud," chanted the protesters. At least 5000 people protested in Brasilia, amid demonstrations nationwide, according to local police. President Dilma Rousseff reacted to the wave of protests stating that "peaceful demonstrations are legitimate and proper democracy." "It is characteristic of young people manifest" estimated Dilma in a statement issued by the Presidency of the blog. Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza, Salvador, Porto Alegre and Curitiba also had protests on Monday. The events bring together various protest movements, ranging from those who protest against rising prices of public transportation to those who decry spending on sports events held in Brazil. In Belo Horizonte, where the protest gathered about 30,000 people, according to its organizers, police fired tear gas against demonstrators to prevent the movement reached the legume where Nigeria and Tahiti played the Confederations Cup. Summoned through social networks, the claims have no political connection. With cries of "I have no party", most of the protesters is composed of young middle class. "I came because I want the chord Brazil. Not only is it against the high prices of transport, but by education and health," he told AFP Diyo Coelho, 20, who participated in a march with a group of friends in São Paulo, who bore white flowers in her hands. "Come, come, come to the street, come!" They chanted in the historical and financial center of Rio From the top of office buildings, white people played roles in support of the protesters. "I'm here to show that Brazil is not only football country and carnival. Here we have other concerns, such as lack of investment in the really important things, like health and education," said Daiana Venancio, 24 years, bachelor Right. The wave of protests began in São Paulo last week. The initial reason was to challenge the increase of prices of public transportation, from R $ 3.00 to R $ 3.20. Demonstrations quickly spread to other cities. On the agenda of the protests are spending colossal with the Confederations Cup and World Cup - 15 billion dollars - to the detriment of other areas such as health and education. These are the biggest street demonstrations in Brazil in 21 years, since the 1992 protests against the corruption of the government of President Fernando Collor de Melo, who resigned during the impeachment process