Keyword: 2014 Brazil World Cup

In Response to Protests, Brazil's Congress Votes to Invest 100% of Oil Revenue into Education and Healthcare

Picture: Dilma Rousseff courtesy redebrasilatual/Flickr. Video In the third week of social unrest related to Brazil hosting the 2014 Soccer World Cup, President Dilma Rousseff, met governors and mayors to discuss demands being made by those protesting on the streets. Brazilians are outraged that millions are being spent building stadiums when the country’s public services, such as transport, are unable to meet the needs of the population. In response to the protests, President Rousseff promised to invest $25 billion in public transport and...

Hundreds of Thousands of Brazilians Protest Country's Harsh Inequities

Picture: Taipei Times Video Many of the millions of Brazilians who were lifted out of poverty in the last decade are included in the formal economy - that's very much to the credit of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor Lula - but the basic structures of the way life works in Brazil still have not changed. That's what the current wave of protests in Brazil are all  about, argues Julia Michaels, founder and editor of Rioreal blog. Even though President Rousseff comes from the left, her government...