Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Protesters flood Brazilian cities over World Cup spending...

Protests by a quarter of a million people have swept Brazil as demonstrators express their anger over the amount of money being invested in the World Cup and an increase in bus fares.

After days of demonstrations, described as "legitimate" by Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's president, activists filled the streets in more than a dozen cities, including those hosting matches at next year's football tournament, which is estimated to cost £10 billion.

In scenes rarely seen in Brazil since the fall of the dictatorship in 1985, crowds took to the streets, carrying placards reading: "World Cup for Who?" and "We don't need the World Cup".

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More protests, which have coincided with the start of the Confederations Cup football tournament, were expected to take place on Thursday, with up to a million activists likely to take part.

 "Everybody is extremely dissatisfied with the way things are going," said Theresa Williamson, director of CatComm, an NGO that campaigns for housing rights in Rio de Janeiro. "We were told, 'We're not investing in things because we don't have resources' and then all of a sudden, the resources are there. It's about equality and mobility, in all senses. I don't think there's been anything on this scale for 20 years." Full story...

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