it's in a pretty corrupt state at the moment, my boy is going to rio from july-september, just hope he doesn't get in the mix of all this

http://www.melhorquebacon.com/lista-de-cidades-que-terao-manifestacoes-durante-essa-semana/

it's going to be even worse with the world cup happening, i wouldn't be surprised if a lot of riots occur over the next few weeks

where riots meet soccer

http://25.media.tumblr.com/f36ce43bc856eaab7afe627a8092b098/tumblr_mokk5nS6aJ1qeghdxo1_400.gif

actual image from brazil

hope this doesn't get worse

that was suppose to be a peaceful protest , until the cops started to shoot everybody with rubber bullets

what's up with all those protests around the world

I love watching hippies getting their asses kicked by riot police.

Although I have no idea what's going on in this situation so I'll just imagine the protesters are wearing sandals and ponytails.

http://i.imgur.com/NqiEk.gif

Too much time playing Sully methinks...

In all seriousness, pretty much governments in that part of the world all have some corruption in them, more so than in other countries. Doesn't surprise me a whole lot that its Brazil's turn for a mess.

In the meantime, when we rolling out to fetch our favorite sniper?

"not having any of that shit today"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

I cant tell if you're joking or just un-informed

It may be because lots of things are fucked up and people are beginning to realize

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/world/americas/thousands-gather-for-protests-in-brazils-largest-cities.html?_r=0

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/06/201361721510894542.html

Basically people are just pissed off about a range of issues - no different from any other place right now. Sad that De Silva's successor can't keep a lid on this sort of thing - of course some protestors had scaled several government buildings so I can imagine things did get wacky.

As a person who has been gassed on more than one occasion (thanks Baltimore, and several idiots in NYC) it's pretty shit especially when legitimate protestors get the hammer brought down on them because of a few misguided idiots, provocateurs, and drunk people who feel the need to instigate confrontations lol. I can't get any other info than that because the translators haven't turned anything into English from the groups that seem to be organizing or at least taking credit for mobilizing the wider protests.

Basically, it seems that bus fares were to go up, people got upset since this is essentially a reduction in wages (since apparently ~40% of urban folks rely on public transport), then police reaction has also created a really tense situation since they've apparently gone a little overboard with repression. Apparently the youth are also upset that they have few employment options, and also apparently another issue is that the football stadiums in the area, in the lead up to the world cup, have become too expensive for some fans to be able to see games.

There also seems to be growing dissatisfaction with the ruling party - which calls itself the Workers' Party, and tends to lean pretty hard to the left - but which has recently done a lot of pro-business stuff - so the bus fares were just another thing that doesn't make sense within that context, since in general, something like a "workers party" shouldn't really be interested in making tons of money for big business.

well, powah doesn't live in sao paulo, he lives pretty faaar from there by the south, but I don't know if there are protests where he lives.

força brasil caralho!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIBYEXLGdSg

someone posted this on /r/soccer

http://i.imgur.com/OpOY8Rb.jpg

there were some interesting comments about it as well

if you are unaware of what's happening here,dont make jokes,its really serious.

What's happening in brazil?

Edit: I should've probably asked; "why are these riots happening in brazil?"

This world is fucked up and people are finally starting to take action.

Government lied to it's citizens, they spent over 28 Billion dollars just to bring the World Cup back to Brazil...I'd be pissed too.

I'd like to punch you in the face. Reallllllllly hard.

I love watching idiots like you getting downfragged.

actually its not that,the World Cup thing its a shame as well but this not the case,its that the government raised the price of the bus ticket and people were just protesting peacefully,and then the cops showd and started to shoot and hurt people,and the riot its against police violence now.

It's pretty fucked up here.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu6aslWYnH1qio1x3.gif

Actual imagine.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af77/SilentNacho/braziliancops_zps2064cce6.jpg

I'd like to fuck up those cops right now.

Live video

http://www.livestream.com/anonymousBR