Brazilian protesters take a break as more
security hits the streets.
Why Brazilians protest over the constructions
and preparations for its proud hosting of the World Cup Football games next
year and the Olympic Games in 2016? What made the public, who undoubtedly no
less enthusiastic than any other footballs fans on the globe, so upset while
hosting and playing in the soccer Confederations Cup tournament?
A slight price increase of public bus fares
seems to have fueled the already stressed the public anger, which has been
ignited by inflation and price hikes especially on daily foods such as tomatoes
and onions, and energy like gasoline, as well as the widening gap between the
rich and the rest because of social injustice and corruption.
Although the local governments reversed the
announcement of the bus-fare increases, it seemed to be a little too late to
cease the protests across the country.
Enjoy reading and learning about the unrest
in a country which has been enjoying rapid and steady economic growth as one of
the BRICS nations over the last decade.
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