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Sao Paulo Rio revoke transit fare hikes as Brazilian protests continue
Demonstrators confront Brazilian riot police as they attempt to approach Estadio Castelao during the Confederations Cup soccer match between Brazil and Mexico, in Fortaleza June 19, 2013. Tens of thousands of protestors took part in the protest as police and national guard used tear gas and rubber bullets to stop the protestors marching towards the stadium. ...
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Wave of protests continue across Brazil
Brazil , authorities in various cities have started to cave in to demonstrators' demands by reversing recent increases in public transport fares. Anger at the rising cost of using overcrowded and dilapidated buses and trains sparked the demonstrations but it is unclear if the climbdown by authorities will bring them to an end now that marchers have started attacking endemic political ...
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Sao Paulo to reverse fares hike
Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad and state governor Geraldo Alckmin said at a joint news conference that the fare increase has been abandoned. It is not yet clear what impact the U-turn will have on the street protests that have broken out in several Brazilian cities. The demonstrations have evolved into communal outcries that have moved well beyond the original demand that public transportation ...
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Voices from Brazils protests
Some comments by Brazilians participating in protests across South America's biggest country: ___ "I'm here because I depend on public transportation which is terrible. Public transportation should not be for profit. I'm here to say we need better buses and better service." -- Maira Zenon, graphic designer, 27, attending protest in Brasilia. ___ "We're out ...
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Voices From Within Brazils Protests
Some comments by Brazilians participating in protests across South America's biggest country: ——— "I'm here because I depend on public transportation which is terrible. Public transportation should not be for profit. I'm here to say we need better buses and better service." -- Maira Zenon, graphic designer, 27, attending protest in Brasilia. ...
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Leaders in Brazils two biggest cities said Wednesday that they have reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignited protests across the nation.
Protestors line a highway barrier in front of a burning barricade of tires near the Castelao stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Protesters cut off the main access road to the stadium where Brazil goes up against Mexico in the Confederations Cup soccer tournament. Beginning as protests against bus fare hikes, demonstrations have quickly ballooned to include broad middle-class ...
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New clashes in Brazil security forces deployed
Brazilian protesters outraged over spending on next year's World Cup clashed with police, as the government deployed elite forces to contain the ...
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Brazil to deploy special forces
Brazil is to deploy federal police special forces in five major cities in an effort to stem a week of protests against poor public services, corruption and the high cost of staging the 2014 football World ...
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Soccer March Preceded by Protests in Fortaleza Brazil
Brasilia, June 19 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of demonstrators marched today on avenues of the Brazilian city of Fortaleza and collided with the police in the proximities of the stadium Arena de Castelao, which receives one of the matches for the Confederations Soccer Cup. The protestants started the march in the Airport Avenue and later they went on the Alberto Craviero, leading to the Arena de ...
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Voices from Brazils protests
Thousands of demonstrators flooded a square in Brazil's economic hub, Sao Paulo, on Tuesday evening for the latest in a historic wave of protests against the shoddy state of public transit, schools and other public services in this booming South American ...
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Voices from Brazils protests
Some comments by Brazilians participating in protests across South America's biggest country:---"I'm here because I depend on public transportation which is terrible. Public transportation should not be for profit. I'm here to say we need better buses and better service." - Maira Zenon, graphic designer, 27, attending protest in Brasilia.---"We're out of ...
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Voices from Brazils protests
Some comments by Brazilians participating in protests across South America's biggest country:---"I'm here because I depend on public transportation which is terrible. Public transportation should not be for profit. I'm here to say we need better buses and better service." - Maira Zenon, graphic designer, 27, attending protest in Brasilia.---"We're out of ...
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Image of Gas Attack Against Lone Brazilian Woman Goes Viral
Associated Press photographer Victor R. Caivano captured this powerful image of a military police officer pepper-spraying a female protester during a demonstration in Rio on Monday night, June 17, ...
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Crowd of 30000 overruns police cordon ahead of Brazil football match
South America Violent clashes have erupted in the northern city of Fortaleza in the hours leading to a Confederations Cup match with Mexico. Dozens were hurt as riot police unleashed tear gas and barrage of rubber bullets at a crowd of some 30,000 Brazilian protesters. Images and video of the demonstration just outside of the north-eastern city depicted throngs of protesters marching down a ...
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Brazil Pepper-Spray Photo Highlights Exposure Risks
The Internet is buzzing over a photo of a woman getting sprayed in the face at close range with what appears to be pepper spray by a riot police officer in Rio de Janeiro (see above). The photo was reportedly taken on Monday, amid mass demonstrations in the ...
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The Lede Readers Debate Brazil’s Protests
began over an increase in bus fares , have expanded this week into a wide-ranging popular indictment of the nation's ruling class. As the unrest has intensified, Brazilian readers of The New York Times have attempted to explain the protests to a curious audience in comments posted on this site in English and Portuguese."Protests in my country are a reflection of a corrupt ...
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Video Protesters take to Sao Paulo streets burn tires
Protesters burn tires, block a highway in Sao Paulo not far from the stadium where Brazil is due to face off with Mexico in the Condeferations Cup. Rough Cut (No reporter ...
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Police in fierce clashes with protesters in Brazil
Police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters around Brazil as demonstrations continued their collective cry against the low-quality public services they receive in exchange for high taxes and rising ...
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Neymar shines as Brazil account for Mexico
Neymar all but fired Brazil to the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup as they saw off the challenge of Mexico, 2-0, in the Group A clash at Estadio Castelao. Brazil won their opening match against Japan and the three points from tonight means they are in pole position to progress to the next stage, while in contrast, Mexico's cup ambitions look to be over after they also lost their ...
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Why Brazil was burning
>Editor's note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review. A former CNN producer and correspondent, she is the author of "The End of Revolution: A Changing World in the Age of Live Television. " Follow her on Twitter: @FridaGColumns.(CNN) -- Presidents, prime ministers and assorted rulers, consider that you have been warned: A massive protest can ...
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Why Brazil was burning
>Editor's note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review. A former CNN producer and correspondent, she is the author of "The End of Revolution: A Changing World in the Age of Live Television. " Follow her on Twitter: @FridaGColumns.(CNN) -- Presidents, prime ministers and assorted rulers, consider that you have been warned: A massive protest can ...
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Why Brazil was burning
>Editor's note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review. A former CNN producer and correspondent, she is the author of "The End of Revolution: A Changing World in the Age of Live Television. " Follow her on Twitter: @FridaGColumns.(CNN) -- Presidents, prime ministers and assorted rulers, consider that you have been warned: A massive protest can ...
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Why Brazil was burning
>Editor's note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review. A former CNN producer and correspondent, she is the author of "The End of Revolution: A Changing World in the Age of Live Television. " Follow her on Twitter: @FridaGColumns.(CNN) -- Presidents, prime ministers and assorted rulers, consider that you have been warned: A massive protest can ...
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OAS and Brazilian Universities Coimbra Group Offer more than 300 Scholarships
June 19, 2013 The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Brazilian Universities Coimbra Group (GCUB) are offering more than 300 academic scholarships for master’s and doctoral degree programs in Brazilian universities for 2014. The initiative of the Partnerships Program for Education and Training (PAEC) of the OAS, supported by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' ...
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Neymar stars as Brazil sink Mexico
Brazil 's No10 wheeled off in celebration, and was quickly joined by his team-mates, the noiseinside the Estadio Castelao was deafening. The stage seemed set ...
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Brazil fighting the good fight?
Brazil’s recent victory in a trade dispute with the US, which was resolved through the WTO is a victory, not just for the biggest economy in South America, but also for developing nations around the world, showing that the mechanisms of the WTO can be used to further their interests – although it will take years of fighting and unrelenting effort…
Brazil’s ongoing dispute with the United States over the subsidizing of cotton for producers in the US, looks like it may soon be resolved, as Brazil recently indicated it would hold off on slapping a range of 102 US goods with sanctions, if the US agreed to certain measures put forth by the South American country. Read more
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