Why Brazilians are fed up

CNN - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

>Editor's note: James Montague is the author of When Friday Comes: Football, War and Revolution in the Middle East (deCoubertin Books). He is in Brazil for the Confederations Cup. Follow him @JamesPiotrBelo Horizonte, Brazil (CNN) -- At 11 pm, the tired and the injured gathered in Belo Horizonte for one last expression of discontent. More than a thousand sat in Praca Sete de Setembro, a ...

Sao Paulo Protests Rage In Brazils Largest City

Huffington Post - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

SAO PAULO -- Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament – people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption. That was the repeated message Tuesday night in Sao Paulo, where upward of 50,000 ...

Brazilians want to be treated as citizens | Conor Foley

The Guardian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The police responded with teargas, pepper-spray and rubber bullets , injuring journalists and passersby, as well as the protesters themselves. The images spread quickly across YouTube and Facebook, with many drawing links between what was happening in Brazil and the events in Turkey.This is probably the best comparison, because, like Turkey, Brazil has a government that is mainly supported by ...

International Fund for Animal Welfare Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt

progressive newswire - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt YARMOUTH PORT - August 7 - More than 1000 juvenile Magellanic penguins have washed-up either dead or dying along the Brazilian coast and as far north as Natal in Rio Grande do Norte, 3000 km north of Sao Paulo. IFAW (International Fund for Animal ...

Brazils Scolari focusing on Mexico clash – video

The Guardian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari says he thinks Mexico will want to prove they are a better team than Brazil when they meet in the Confederations Cup on Wednesday. He refrains from commenting when asked about recent protests in Brazil, timed to coincide with the Confederations Cup and partly prompted by the rising cost of hosting the World ...

AFCs President congratulates Asian soccer teams who have qualified for participation in the World Football Cup2014 in Brazil

Bahrain News Agency - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Kuala Lumpur: June 19 -- (BNA)-- The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)'s President, Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, congratulated the Asian football teams who qualified for participation in the World Football Cup finals in Brazil in 2014, wishing them success and best of luck in future in order to honor Asian soccer. Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa praised the great ...

Violence in Sao Paulo as Brazil protests continue

Belfast Telegraph - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Thousands of demonstrators have flooded into a square in Brazil's economic hub, Sao Paulo, for the latest in a historic wave of protests against the state of public transport, schools and other public ...

9-cent hike leads to clashes in Brazil

CNN - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Brazilians took to the streets across the country to protest a 9 cent rise in bus fares. Brazil is building massive stadiums and revamping infrastructure ahead of the soccer World Cup, which it hosts next year. Students took to streets on June 18, 2013 in ...

Mass protests continue in Brazil

CBC News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Brazilian nationals rally in Mexico City. Protests have spread across Brazil and abroad against the country's heavy tax burden, corruption and woeful public services. The sign at centre translates: "We are fighting for quality in education, heath and transport." (Ivan Pierre Aguirre/Associated ...

Brazil Protests 50000 Take To The Streets

Sky News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Tens of thousands of Brazilians have once again taken to the streets in Sao Paolo, protesting at the high cost of staging the World Cup next year. The protests followed Monday night's demonstrations in the country's biggest city as residents vent their anger about the high cost of public transport - and its inefficiency - and a government that they see is riddled with corruption. ...

Brazil sends top cops against Tropical Spring demos

General Sources - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The Tigers must take on Chelsea and Manchester City in two of their first three games back in English football's top flight, before hosting fellow promoted side Cardiff City ...

Brazilian protestors hack FIFA website replace it with an embedded YouTube video

India Today - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Protestors have reportedly hacked the official website for the Brazil Football World Cup 2014 and replaced the site with a video of a violent police response to a peaceful protest. According to News.com.au, the FIFA website was replaced with an embedded YouTube video, showing protesters marching, before riot police release tear gas and fire on the protesters with rubber bullets. The report ...

Aims Widen as Brazilian Protesters Press On

International Herald Tribune - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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Brazil to deploy special police for soccer

West Australian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Brazil will deploy a special police force to help provide security for the Confederations Cup tournament following mass protests against government spending, the state news agency says.Officers belonging to the National Force, a branch of the federal police deployed in cases of social unrest, will be sent to five of the six cities where the tournament is being played, Agencia Brasil reported on ...

Brazils perfect 10 surf pioneer

CNN - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

>CNN's Human to Hero series celebrates inspiration and achievement in sport. Click here for show times, videos and features.(CNN) -- She's a perfect 10; the surfer that other professionals will drag themselves out of the water to watch. But it is the satisfaction of being able to help her family that ranks as Silvana Lima's proudest achievement. The diminutive Brazilian, twice a runner-up on ...

Driver charged in death of soccer fan dribbling to Brazil

MSNBC - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

By Lauren Gambino, Associated Press The driver Oregon police say fatally struck a man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles from Seattle to Brazil for the World Cup has been arrested. Scott Van Hiatt, of Neskowin, Ore., was arrested Monday on a charge of criminally negligent homicide, said Lincoln City Police Chief Keith Kilian. Richard Swanson, of Seattle, planned to dribble the ball for ...

Brazil protests grow amid fury over bus fares graft

General Sources - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

By Bradley Brooks, The Associated Press SAO PAULO, Brazil - Tens of thousands of Brazilians flooded the streets of the country's biggest city Tuesday in a widening protest against a slew of problems from bus fares to government corruption.More than 50,000 people massed in front of the city's main cathedral. While mostly peaceful, the demonstration followed the rhythm of protests that ...

Brazil protesters flood Sao Paulo streets for 2nd night

CBS News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

SAO PAULO Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament -; people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption. That was the repeated message Tuesday night in Sao Paulo, where upward of 50,000 people ...

AIRSHOW-HGI orders ATR 72-600s for Brazils Passaredo

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

PARIS, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:17am EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - HGI Capital Group said it ordered 10 ATR 72-600 turboprop aircraft for Passaredo Linhas Aereas to help the Brazilian carrier expand its regional fleet. HGI added that it was also taking 10 options on the planes, giving a total value for the deal of $482 million. ATR is a joint venture of EADS and Finmeccanica ...

SAO PAULO Brazil - Tens of thousands of Brazilians flooded the streets of the countrys biggest city Tuesday in a widening protest against a slew of problems from bus fares to government corruption. More than 50000 people massed in front of the cit

MSNBC - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

By Bradley Brooks, The Associated Press SAO PAULO, Brazil - Tens of thousands of Brazilians flooded the streets of the country's biggest city Tuesday in a widening protest against a slew of problems from bus fares to government corruption.More than 50,000 people massed in front of the city's main cathedral. While mostly peaceful, the demonstration followed the rhythm of protests that ...

Thousands of Brazilians take to streets protesting against high taxes

The National - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Tens of thousands of Brazilians protest in Sao Paolo. Mass protests have been mushrooming across Brazil since demonstrations called last week by a group angry over the high cost of a woeful public transport system. Sebastiao Moreira / ...

Brazil sends force to quell protest

SBS - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Brazil's government says it will deploy a national security force to five major cities after a wave of protests which has seen almost 250,000 people demand better public ...