Brazil police use pepper spray at austerity protest outside

Rio parliament

Military police have shot pepper spray at demonstrators who broke down barrier fences outside a meeting in Rio de Janeiro where legislators were considering austerity measures to cope with a deepening financial crisis that has kept thousands of public workers from being paid. […]

Disponível em: <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016>. Acesso em: 17 nov. 2016 (fragmento).

No fragmento, o termo “demonstrators” significa