Thousands protest in Spain, Portugal against austerity cuts
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Protestors bang pots against austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct 13, 2012. Several thousand people noisily banging pots and pans are marching down Madrid's main north-to-south boulevard protesting the government's austerity measures. -- PHOTO: AP
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Protesters take part in a demonstration against the public payment of banks' debts in Madrid's Puerta del Sol, Oct 13, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A woman holds a casserole tap as she takes part in a casserole march to protest against government's austerity reforms and the public payment of bank's debts on Oct 13, 2012 in Madrid. -- PHOTO: AFP
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People react as they take part in a casserole march to protest against government's austerity reforms and the public payment of bank's debts on Oct 13, 2012 in Madrid. -- PHOTO: AFP
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People make noise as they take part in a casserole march to protest against government's austerity reforms and the public payment of bank's debts on Oct 13, 2012 in Madrid. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Protestors bang a pot with a banner reading "illegal debt, illegal government" against austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct 13, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Protestors march against austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct 13, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Protestors shout slogans against austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct 13, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A girl with a Guy Fawkes mask looks on as she takes part in a casserole march to protest against government's austerity reforms and the public payment of bank's debts on Oct 13, 2012 in Madrid. -- PHOTO: AFP
Protestors bang pots against austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct 13, 2012. Several thousand people noisily banging pots and pans are marching down Madrid's main north-to-south boulevard protesting the government's austerity measures. -- PHOTO: AP
Protesters take part in a demonstration against the public payment of banks' debts in Madrid's Puerta del Sol, Oct 13, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A woman holds a casserole tap as she takes part in a casserole march to protest against government's austerity reforms and the public payment of bank's debts on Oct 13, 2012 in Madrid. -- PHOTO: AFP
People react as they take part in a casserole march to protest against government's austerity reforms and the public payment of bank's debts on Oct 13, 2012 in Madrid. -- PHOTO: AFP
People make noise as they take part in a casserole march to protest against government's austerity reforms and the public payment of bank's debts on Oct 13, 2012 in Madrid. -- PHOTO: AFP
Protestors bang a pot with a banner reading "illegal debt, illegal government" against austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct 13, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Protestors march against austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct 13, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Protestors shout slogans against austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct 13, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A girl with a Guy Fawkes mask looks on as she takes part in a casserole march to protest against government's austerity reforms and the public payment of bank's debts on Oct 13, 2012 in Madrid. -- PHOTO: AFP
LISBON (AFP) - Thousands of protesters in Portugal and Spain marched on Saturday in fresh protests against the austerity measures their governments have imposed to tackle their debt crisis.
Portuguese demonstrators staged marches that took on a festive air in the capital Lisbon and a number of other cities. In Lisbon, actors, singers, singers and dancers took centre-stage on a special podium set in one of the city's main squares.
"Culture is resistance, the artists are in the street," was the slogan for what was billed as a day of cultural protests. Organisers said several thousand people had turned out.
The government of centre-right Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, which is pushing through swingeing public spending cuts to meet the demands of the country's international creditors, was the main target of the protests.
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