Brazil Protests: A Scattered Opposition. Por Chelsea Gray
Brazil Protests: A Scattered Opposition by Chelsea Gray, 03 July 2013. Share/Bookmark In the past week, there have been a series of uprisings across Brazil, with swarms of people, young and old, of all classes, protesting across the country for a better welfare system. This surge of rallies- some peaceful, others hijacked by violence- has dominated and disarmed the Brazilian government, leaving in its trail a bitterly entangled web of conflict. The uprisings first exploded on 6th June in Paulista Avenue, São Paulo, as an angry reaction to government-imposed hikes in public transport fares which saw the price of buses rise from R$3 to R$3.20. Yet to think of this as the beginning is to fail to understand the underlying discontent that has been brewing within society against a government unable to meet the growing expectations of its people. A student holds a sign reading “Dilma calls for Neymar’s education and invests on it” on 20th June. (Photo courtesy of AFP PH...
