Friday 21 June 2013

BRAZIL IN FRESH MASS PROTEST


The protest which began more than a week ago over high transport fares, corruption and the cost of next year's football World cup, has once again erupted violence and an 18 year old man died when a car drove through a barricade in Sao Paulo state.

Meanwhile In Rio de Janeiro, atleast 29 people are believed to have been injured after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at groups of masked young men trying to approach the city hall on Thursday.

More than a million people are reported to have taken part in the protests in about 100 cities across Brazil,The latest in a series of ant-government rallies.
President Dilma Rousseff who was due for a trip to Japan has called it off to deal with the situation.
If soccer was their thingy, why are they rioting?

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