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6/25/2013

Topic Reading-Vol.440-6/25/2013

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Brazilian protesters take a break as more security hits the streets.
Why Brazilians protest over the constructions and preparations for its proud hosting of the World Cup Football games next year and the Olympic Games in 2016? What made the public, who undoubtedly no less enthusiastic than any other footballs fans on the globe, so upset while hosting and playing in the soccer Confederations Cup tournament?
A slight price increase of public bus fares seems to have fueled the already stressed the public anger, which has been ignited by inflation and price hikes especially on daily foods such as tomatoes and onions, and energy like gasoline, as well as the widening gap between the rich and the rest because of social injustice and corruption.
Although the local governments reversed the announcement of the bus-fare increases, it seemed to be a little too late to cease the protests across the country.
Enjoy reading and learning about the unrest in a country which has been enjoying rapid and steady economic growth as one of the BRICS nations over the last decade. 

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