Brazil is paying the price for hosting the World Cup?

 

► Best-scale protests in Brazil 20 years ago to protest the excessive spending on the sport ..

Winning the right to host major international sports competitions such as the World Cup is often considered a great honor for the country. However, in Brazil it seemed to cause chaos.

On 18/6, hundreds of thousands of people in Brazil's major cities took to the streets to attend the demonstration scale of 20 years, to protest the rising cost of transportation and the cost of organizing two international football International

People angry at the government spent billions of dollars to organizations continents League Cup (Confederation Cup) and World Cup 2014. Also in 2016, the Olympics in Brazil Rio de Janeiro

Many people complain, the government is taking too much money for education and health care, the construction of two events for this sport. Many leaders also accused fatty turbidity and corruption.

This is considered an act of "pouring oil on the fire" of the economy is growing more slowly, high inflation and rising violence in Brazil

This protest is the latest in a series of marches throughout the past two weeks, protesting against the situation of the people before economic stagnation and high inflation. The wave of protests triggered early June

The biggest protest took place in the center of Rio de Janeiro. Conflict occurs when violent protesters threw stones, Molotov cocktails, coconut to police.

Protesters also burned cars and looted stores. Police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse groups of masked youths

Meanwhile, in the capital, Brasilia, protesters gather in front of the parliament building tent, throwing stones to break windows of the building. About 100 people had climbed on the roof of the parliament building and climbed to sing national anthem

In Sao Paulo, about 65,000 marched peacefully down the road. While about 3,000 people gathered outside the City Hall of Porto Alegre, the police had to intervene after a bus burned

Protests also spread to many cities such as Vitoria, Novo Hamburgo, Maceio ... In this city, forces students, youth and street demonstrations

Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo warned that the government will not allow the protests destroyed organization of international football in the South American country.

Mr. Aldo said: "Government responsibility and honor to host two international events. We will do everything to ensure the safety and security of fans and tourists "

However, a few hours later, in order to appease the protesters, said President Dilma Rousseff, peaceful protests are legitimate, and are part of democracy.


The opinion polls show Rousseff still trust her, especially in the poor strata and workers. However, her support rate has started to decline in recent weeks