we're coming off of a year of the
biggest protest results ever seen some
of the most aggressive
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we've guys corruption
financial waste all of the soccer
hooligans are coming to descend on
Brazil as well we've got a pissed-off
population it seems like a very very
large powder keg yeah
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in 2007 FIFA chose Brazil to host the
World Cup Brazil it seemed like a
brilliant idea hosting the World Cup in
the most football frenetic country on
the planet little did they expect that
it would become the focus of some of the
largest protests Brazil has seen in
decades this masked civil uprising began
in June of 2013 and it surprised even
the most jaded Brazilians hundreds of
thousands of people paralysed cities
across the country over a 20 cent
increase in bus fares the police
response was brutal in the beginning
elite military police units trained to
pacify Rios slums were brought to quell
demonstrators but the police violence
drove more people into the streets
for the first time anyone can recall
that people began to lose their fear of
the police the protests have been
remarkable for another reason the public
outrage bridged wide class differences
in Brazil Rios college educated kids are
fighting side by side with hardened
protesters from the favela who have
borne the brunt of Brazil's brutal
police force thanks to the World Cup
they now have a common enemy FIFA the
world governing body of football and the
unbridled capitalism that it represents
in exchange for hosting the World Cup
FIFA demanded upgrades to Brazil's
infrastructure and internal security
that is ballooned into the most
expensive in football history some 15
billion dollars the government insists
all of the spending is worth it yes my
Linea I are now at a most policía
militar police's if you acquiesce a
figure out my kshitij you Amish AG
regards parada to the cygwin signal for
but at least Avira more opportunity but
the past year is shown the population is
fellow
this outrage can only be contained
through a massive mobilization of troops
170,000 military and police are being
deployed to secure the games new laws
have granted the military and police
special powers to arrest demonstrators
in a country emerging from decades of
military dictatorship FIFA and the World
Cup have given the police and armed
forces and new reason to flex their
muscles team Brazil may do its magic
during the World Cup but this is not
about football anymore
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in Rio we joined probably the most
peaceful protest of the year the annual
marijuana March where everyone is too
stoned to cause trouble we went there to
meet up with Matias who has been filming
the cast in the streets from day one
last year he's part of the movement and
an activist in his own right not afraid
to get his camera up in the face of the
police
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after hurling a beer can at a cop last
year he was arrested but even that
didn't stop him from filming we headed
to downtown Rio where one of the largest
rides took place to get an insider's
perspective on what the demonstrations
are really about run for it
rio de janeiro way of crossing the
street now we began with the the bus
fell the mayor's were real acted and
assumed a they assumed it office they
raised it bus fares both real and some
power at home and that got people really
pissed off it's like they've been
tricked and you know like so it sounds
like politics man yeah it's not about
only twenty cents was about everything
it's about how quality of life is sucks
and in real and in sub on the big cities
the big events such as the World Cup and
the Olympics have part of it because
people are seeing like how many money is
spend it for the World Cup you know it's
already the most expensive World Cup of
history and it's all for people who
don't live here it's all for the
tourists exactly and it's sad because
the Brazilians are such fanatics to
football and
it's just like the they're missing the
best of the body they hosting the party
but they can't be there yeah up
Matthias is taking us to where one of
the largest protests in Rio's history
took place last year most of the
protests until then had been hidden from
sight and confined to poor areas in the
favelas but this uprising took place
right in the middle of downtown Rio
there was you know the protests going
all over the country for something like
oh my god
this is the revolutions coming
is the day I waited all my life
you know
[Applause]
people torture the car down there I got
the finally the chance to first time I
seen a have car burning and they
don't sport like in the American movies
then explode no they just burn burn burn
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without expectation with the bits
floating no you didn't you get your
action movie sequence yeah
if the present team plays really bad you
know like in the 2006 World Cup they
second they played really bad you know
if that happens again things can get out
of contr because then I'll the
population will be pissed off with the
Brazilian national team and they come
out now there's more like one week of
these Gringo's having party here you
know that can be a frightening so what
you're saying is we're coming off of a
year of the biggest protests Brazil's
ever seen some of the most aggressive
we've got corruption financial waste
just spread all over then all of the
soccer hooligans are coming to descend
on Brazil as well yeah so you've got all
the soccer hooligans you've got a pissed
off population it seems like a very very
large powder keg football and politics
are so intertwined in Brazil that
whether by accident or design the
presidential elections always have in
the same year as the World Cup the World
Cup has been seen as a way for the
government to boost its ratings and
there's an official view that Brazilians
love for football will override all
other problems Manifesta SOPA de mundo
de mundo vitae protégée de la ventana
das pessoas apoyan grande event
Rashmi cuando se Allison's comas are a
design Baccano Brazil euros to reach
disaster ystos de todo mundo comas Aria
disembark ala Brazil noice tenemos una
B&T me - mais de fest look at the
protest but events in Rio last year
proved otherwise and could be an
indication of what to expect during the
World Cup in the city on June 30th 2013
undefeated Spain played Brazil in the
Confederation Cup final at Maracana
stadium in Rio this would be kind of a
dry run for the World Cup
6,000 police were deployed around the
stadium versus 1200 protesters at 7:00
p.m. the match started and with just a
minute and a half into the game Brazil
got its first chance for an attack Fred
number 9 made an astonishing goal while
lying down outside the stadium
protestors played football with tear gas
canisters
the police engaged Molotov cocktail
throwing protesters with rubber bullets
tear gas and stun grenades
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Fred one of the best attackers in
football said that he'd done a lot of
good things laying down but never a goal
full name on outside the right became
more dramatic as the game continued
reaching a violent climax as Brazil's
Neymar fired a second goal with his left
foot high above the goalkeeper Brazil
pummeled Spain 3 to 0 defeating Spain's
record 29 game winning streak but this
spectacular win wasn't enough to keep
protesters off the streets
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walking it chewy that's any of this any
woman who he whose father continued
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