Business Insider India1 年
Brazil's Outrageous Prices Are At The Heart Of Growing Unrest
Last month during the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil ... the public protests will be even bigger during the 2014 World Cup across the country and the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
National Review8 年
The Cultural Marxism of Rio’s Opening Ceremonies
The Rio intelligentsia is fascinated by the city’s own poverty, as if the favelas were something Brazil should be proud of, rather than ashamed of. Imagine if the Athens Olympics had highlighted ...
MercoPress11 年
Protests in Brazil against profligate spending and poor services extend to major cities
Earlier, Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo warned that that authorities would not allow the protests to disrupt international football tournaments Brazil has pledged to host -- the Confederations Cup ...
lse4 个月
National identity and the limits of soft power: when the nation turns against the state
Hosting the FIFA World Cup and Olympics should have been a PR coup for Brazil, yet by the time they took place, protests were undermining the image of national unity. César Jiménez-Martínez explores ...