The World Cup
2014 in Brazil is the most expensive of all time. Therefore it is no surprise
that also the demonstrations are bigger than ever. 2,6 billion euro- that is
what the country spent for hosting the mega event. Money that could have been
spent in health and education, so the demonstrators. Protests and strikes have
been going on for almost a year.
Brazilian
citizens are angry. An opinion poll in April revealed that more than half of
all Brazilians questioned thought it was a bad idea to host the World Cup in
their country. It was not among them to decide, so now they are fighting for
their voices to be heard. And they are, now that the worlds focus is on
Brazil.
But authorities
are fighting back. They have taken drastic measures to crack down the
protest. Officers used tear gas and
truncheons on crowds in Sao Paulo only hours before Brazil's team beat Croatia
3-1 in the opening match. Many people were injured.
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