Belo Horizonte, Brazil (CNN) -- At 11 pm, the tired and the injured gathered in Belo Horizonte for one last expression of discontent. More than a thousand sat in Praca Sete de Setembro, a square in the center of the city, chanting against the government and the police. But they weren't the crowd's only enemy. A sign hung from a nearby balcony. It read: "Anti Copa." On the pavement the words "A FIFA Ã© Foda" had been painted: "F*** You, FIFA," in Portuguese. The roads had been blocked off by the military police, who watched the protesters from afar. A bank of police horses chewed on piles of hay left for them on the road.
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Protesters and police have battled each other in some Brazilian cities
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The protests, sparked by a rise in bus fares, point to deeper discontent
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Some protesters say they are unhappy at the cost of next year's World Cup
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter booed by crowd at opening ceremony for Confederations Cup
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