They are young, they are angry and they have drawn inspiration from protest movements a world away in places like Turkey and the Middle East.
Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets Monday night across the country and more demonstrations are slated for the coming week. Brazil doesn't have a history of this kind of mass dissent, but it seems to be catching on very quickly.
"The social movements in the world are learning from each other," said Marco Antnio Carvalho Teixeira, a professor at Fundacao Getulio Vargas in Sao Paulo. "This is a brand new way of protesting in Brazil."
The Brazilian protesters have a lot in common with their Turkish counterparts: They are leaderless, the message is a bit fuzzy, the growth of the movement has been organic and organized on social media.
And like Turkey, Brazil is also a vibrant democracy and a growing global power.
Unlike the protesters in the Arab Spring, Brazilians can take their grievances to the ballot box.
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