Massive anti-corruption rally in Brazil
Hundreds of thousands of people have joined peaceful demonstrations across Brazil against government corruption.
Crowds were generally smaller than in March when more than 1.5 million people turned out.
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President Dilma Rousseff denies involvement and has been exonerated in an investigation by the attorney general.
The political opposition say much of the alleged bribery of politicians took place when Rousseff was head of the oil company.
Despite her exoneration, many protestors still believe that the president must have known about the scandal. Some have been calling for her impeachment.
The number of protestors varied widely. Police have said that 696,000 people took to the streets on Sunday but organisers have put the number at 1.5 million, according to Globo news.
In Rio de Janeiro, several thousand people marched along Copacabana beach, a turnout reported to be considerably lower than the 25,000 protestors seen on 15 March.
A BBC correspondent in Rio de Janeiro says that most of the protestors in the city were white and middle class.
The exact turnout in the city of Sao Paulo is unclear. Police say 275,000 participated in the march but organisers have put the figure nearer 1 million.
After the protests in March, the government promised a series of measures to combat corruption and impunity.
Corrupt officials
The Workers' Party has been in power since President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in for his first term in January 2003.
It is alleged that private companies paid corrupt officials in order to get lucrative Petrobras contracts.
High-profile politicians also took a share of the money siphoned off from the oil company, according to the investigation.
All deny corruption allegations.
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