Brazil had a very hot week with protests
and demonstrations. It all started
when the public transportation went up about $0.20 cents. It was just the
tip of the iceberg, a catalyst. The truth is that the population,
especially the middle class is tired of a corrupted government.
Brasil is hosting the soccer world cup next year and the Olympics in
2014. The government has spent billions renovating stadiums and
getting ready for those big events. The truth is that of course all
those renovations are "overpriced" with public money. The
population don't see the benefits. Brasil lacks big time in education and
health. The politics make super salaries that is outrageous. The
major hashtags of this week was: #changebrasil #wedontneedworldcup
#mudabrasil. As a Brazilian with Brazilian kids and a husband that is Brazilian
by heart, we decided to go downtown this weekend to protest. I love my
country and hope to see a better Brasil some day.
We didn't counted on a big storm that crashed the protest from
nowhere. We were soaked and had to go down the arch to get covered.
It was the craziest big storm we experienced being exposed to it. We
had to go home because we were soaked and the kids were a little bit freaking
out. However, we were able to make the news and got our message out
there. #stlouissupportsbrasil
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