Brazilian protesters oppose law on oil royalties 200,000 people, according to police, took to the streets of Rio on Monday in a protest march calling for President Dilma Rousseff to veto a law that would redistribute oil royalties between Brazilian states in a way that threatens the finances of the Olympics and the 2014 World Cup in Rio, according to state governor Sergio Cabral. Hundreds of others joined a counter-protest, demanding the law be passed so as to distribute revenues more fairly among the Brazilian people. Images and soundbites.