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Yesterday afternoon, a group of people marched towards the Government Palace____________ talk to the governor about some problems that have been taking place in the region of backlands. ____________, hundreds of protesters got together in front of the palace due to their dissatisfaction about the low salaries and lack of wage raise. ____________ receiving some of the protesters who were outside the palace, the governor gave the opportunity to only the representatives of the rural growers to talk about their demands and complaints. _____________, there have been more serious problems ____________ not only in the entire state, ____________ in the capital such as: the high level of crimes, lack of basic sanitation, mainly in the city outskirts, the pollution of the most touristic beaches ___________ the bad quality of the public transportation which has been a lot to be desired for so many years. ____________, when all was said and done, the governor decided to give in their demandings by promising he would do as best as he could to improve and solve all the drastical situation. _____________, they set up a middle-term deadline so that the governor could fulfil all their needs.