Brazil police and protesters clash at Spain-Italy match
Police in Brazil have clashed with demonstrators ahead of a football match between Spain and Italy in the north-eastern city of Fortaleza. Some 5,000 people marched towards the Castelao stadium a few...
View ArticleProtest-hit Brazil 'missed chance' to improve services
Brazil "lost a great opportunity" to improve public services when it won the right to host the 2014 football World Cup, Rio de Janeiro's mayor says. Eduardo Paes told the BBC Brazil should have seized...
View ArticleProtests as Brazil hosts Confeds final
Published June 30, 2013AFP A woman demonstrator wearing contact lenses with the Brazilian national flag marches in a street close to the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on June 30, 2013. Protests,...
View ArticleBrazil protests resume ahead of Confederations Cup final
Protests have resumed in Brazil ahead of the Confederations Cup final between the host nation and Spain. Despite a huge security operation in Rio de Janeiro, thousands marched towards the iconic...
View ArticleBrazil protests: 'We are improving' says Mayor of Rio
28 June 2013 Last updated at 00:51 BST Mayor Eduardo Paes of Rio de Janeiro has told Newsnight's Tim Whewell that ''we are not perfect, but we are improving,'' as protests continue in Brazil over the...
View ArticleBrazil police and protesters clash ahead of Spain-Italy match
Police in Brazil have clashed with demonstrators ahead of a football match between Spain and Italy in the north-eastern city of Fortaleza. Some 5,000 people marched towards the Castelao stadium a few...
View ArticleProtests planned across Brazil despite government concessions
Protests are planned in more than 80 cities across Brazil Thursday, a week after the start of massive demonstrations that have sent hundreds of thousands of people into the streets denouncing poor...
View ArticleTens of thousands protest Confed Cup costs in Brazil
YOUTHS have clashed with police in central Rio as more than 200,000 people rallied in major Brazilian cities to protest the billions of dollars spent on the Confederations Cup and higher public...
View ArticlePitched battles as Brazil protests spread
Anti-government protesters confront riot police outside a soccer stadium hosting a match between Brazil and Mexico in Fortaleza, in north-eastern Brazil. Photo: STRINGER/BRAZIL Sao Paulo: Brazilian...
View ArticleSoccer spending angers Brazil’s poor
Rio de Janeiro - Youths clashed with police in central Rio de Janeiro on Monday as more than 200 000 people marched in major Brazilian cities to protest the billions of dollars spent on the...
View ArticleBrazil protests over World Cup costs spread nationwide
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of major Brazilian cities Monday as protests against the billions of dollars spent on new stadiums and higher public transport costs spread. By FRANCE...
View ArticleBrazil protesters clash with police in Fortaleza
Zee Media Bureau Rio: Even as two major cities in Brazil decided to revoke increased fares, tens of thousands of protesters in Brazilian city of Fortaleza, clashed with riot police continuing the wave...
View ArticleRousseff holds crisis talks on Brazil protests
By Yana MarullPublished June 21, 2013AFP People pass by the broken window of a bank attacked overnight by demonstrators on Presidente Vargas avenue in downtown Rio de Janeiro on June 21, 2013....
View ArticleBrazil to kick off Confederations Cup in key World Cup test
BRASILIA: After months of angst over preparation delays, Brazil steps into the global spotlight on Saturday when it kicks off the Confederations Cup, a key test of its readiness to stage the World Cup...
View ArticleWe are doing good things for Brazil: FIFA
Tweet Rio de Janeiro, June 25 (IANS) FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has moved to defuse anti-World Cup sentiment in Brazil, insisting world football's governing body is "doing good things" for...
View ArticleBrazil fare hikes rolled back in victory for protests
RIO DE JANEIRO : Brazils’ two biggest cities on Wednesday rolled back transit fare hikes that had triggered massive protests as demonstrators clashed with police outside a Confederations Cup match....
View ArticleOnly a year away...
The World Cup is just 12 months away and Brazil desperately wants to welcome the thousands of football fans that will not only add to the colour of a Brazilian World Cup, but also to the economies of...
View ArticleProtests planned across Brazil despite concessions
Click photo to enlarge Brazilians hold a poster shaped as a bus that reads in Portuguese; "Zero tariffs, transport 24 hours," during a march demanding free public transit and against the money poured...
View ArticleBrazil protests fetch fare hike rollback
Rio de Janerio: Brazils' two biggest cities on Wednesday rolled back transit fare hikes that had triggered massive protests as demonstrators clashed with police outside a Confederations Cup match. The...
View ArticleBlatter: Brazil 2014 will bring people together (FIFA - Fédération...
(Source: FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association) A clock displaying 365 days, as well as hours and minutes, designed by one of the most famous Brazilians of all time, is due to be...
View ArticleClashes In Brazil As 'One Million' March
Demonstrators and riot police have clashed on a new day of mass nationwide protests over poor public services, government corruption and the cost of hosting the World Cup. Police and experts, quoted...
View ArticleProtesters Try To Force Way Into Brazil Match
Brazilian protesters outraged over the costs of hosting next year's World Cup have clashed with police outside a football stadium, as the government deployed elite forces to contain the unrest....
View ArticleBrazil Protests: Elite Troops Sent To Hot Spots
Brazilian protesters outraged over the costs of hosting next year's World Cup have clashed with police outside a football stadium, as the government deployed elite forces to contain the unrest....
View ArticleBrazil fares move fails to quell protests
Brazilian authorities have failed to halt nationwide protests, despite reversing the public-transport fare increases that sparked the unrest. Crowds blocked main roads in Sao Paulo and Brasilia, and...
View ArticleNew clashes in Brazil's Fortaleza before football game
Brazilian police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters in the city of Fortaleza, as unrest continues across the country. Several people were hurt in the north-eastern city...
View Article'War zone' Brazil still hopeful of World Cup success
Football supporters fleeing tear gas and rubber bullets. Angry mobs torching banks and buses. Gleaming new stadiums encircled by activists. These are images few Brazilians would have predicted they...
View ArticleBrazil: clashes in Belo Horizonte as protests continue
New clashes have taken place in Brazil despite President Dilma Rousseff's attempt to respond to protesters' demands and halt the violence. Trouble was reported in Belo Horizonte and Salvador, the two...
View ArticleDilma Rousseff summon Brazil cabinet over protests
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff has called an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the country's most widespread unrest in two decades. Protests began more than a week ago over transport fare rises...
View ArticleBrazil sports official: Stadiums will be ready for World Cup - Wire...
The clock is ticking on Brazil's preparations for the 2014 World Cup, and the first important test of the soccer-crazy country's readiness will come early next year. As a tune up to the World Cup,...
View ArticleBrazil's 2014 World Cup: Rights Abuses Revealed In Report
By Andrea Dip, Publica The clip promoting Brazil's 2014 World Cup shows a conference table in a New York office. The cry of "goal!!" echoes from a far away place, and an American in a tie asks, "Did...
View ArticleBrazil World Cup: Minister concerned by stadium delays
Brazilian Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo has said he is worried about delays at five stadiums still being built for next year's football World Cup. Mr Rebelo said the pace of construction must be...
View ArticleRousseff says Brazil can do better, slams violent protests
Related articles Brazilians resort to ‘tactical fouls’ to win games Brazil real slides on US Fed signal Protests planned across Brazil despite bus-fare concessions EMBATTLED President Dilma Rousseff...
View ArticleBrazil opens first World Cup 2014 stadium
Brazil has inaugurated the first of 12 stadiums being built or extensively renovated to host the 2014 World Cup. President Dilma Rousseff kicked a ball during the ceremony at the Castelao Arena in...
View ArticleScarred Brazil still hopeful of World Cup success
Football supporters fleeing tear gas and rubber bullets. Angry mobs torching banks and buses. Gleaming new stadiums encircled by activists. These are images few Brazilians would have predicted they...
View Article>Brazil officials reverse subway, bus fare hike
SAO PAULO (AP) — Leaders in Brazil's two biggest cities said Wednesday that they have reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignited protests across the nation. However, many doubted the...
View ArticleBrazil officials reverse subway, bus fare hike
SAO PAULO (AP) — Leaders in Brazil's two biggest cities said Wednesday that they reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignited anti-government protests that have spread across the nation...
View ArticleBrazil protests proceed as smaller cities join the fray
2 sec. 3 sec. 4 sec. 5 sec. 6 sec. Buy Sun Media photos Demonstrators protest against the Confederation's Cup and the government of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff outside the national congress in...
View ArticleProtests break out again in Brazil's biggest cities
SAO PAULO (AP) — Scattered street demonstrations popped up around Brazil early Wednesday as protesters continued their collective cry against the low-quality public services they receive in exchange...
View ArticleBrazil protesters clash with cops despite fare rollback
Zee Media Bureau Rio: Even as two major cities in Brazil decided to revoke increased fares, tens of thousands of protesters in Brazilian city of Fortaleza, clashed with riot police continuing the wave...
View ArticleBrazil protests unabated despite fare hike rollback
Zee Media Bureau Rio: Even as two major cities in Brazil decided to revoke increased fares, tens of thousands of protesters in Brazilian city of Fortaleza, clashed with riot police continuing the wave...
View ArticleBrazil protests spread in Sao Paulo, Brasilia and Rio
Tens of thousands of people marched through Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, on Monday as protests spread over rising public transport prices and the cost of staging the 2014 World Cup....
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