More protests - people in the streets chant "There will be no World Cup!"
Is this possible? Can such a juggernaut be derailed?
Over the years I've seen reports speculating that an Olympic Games is in danger because the country in which it will be held is tardy with developing its stadiums. But the building work is always completed and the Games always proceed.
Could public protests really stop the World Cup?
Then Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff addresses the nation (26 June 2013, report from The Advertiser newspaper). She wants to earmark $27 billion for public transport following days of mass nationwide street protests, in a bid to seize the political initiative.
She also proposes a referendum on broad "political reform" in response to the public unrest over substandard public services and rampant corruption in the world's seventh largest economy.
The President warns against any repeat of the violence and vandalism that marred recent protests, which brought 1.2 million people into the streets.
And now it goes quiet. There is nothing more on the television news; nothing in this weekend's newspapers.
Is that it? Will everything now be back on track?
Is the problem solved, or just simmering?
Is this possible? Can such a juggernaut be derailed?
Over the years I've seen reports speculating that an Olympic Games is in danger because the country in which it will be held is tardy with developing its stadiums. But the building work is always completed and the Games always proceed.
Could public protests really stop the World Cup?
Then Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff addresses the nation (26 June 2013, report from The Advertiser newspaper). She wants to earmark $27 billion for public transport following days of mass nationwide street protests, in a bid to seize the political initiative.
The President warns against any repeat of the violence and vandalism that marred recent protests, which brought 1.2 million people into the streets.
And now it goes quiet. There is nothing more on the television news; nothing in this weekend's newspapers.
Is that it? Will everything now be back on track?
Is the problem solved, or just simmering?
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