Brazil, economic slowdown worries the oil industry. Crackdowns against demonstrators likely to backfire for World Cup plans
Luigi Spera
Rio de Janeiro. While international attention has turned elsewhere, protests that began last summer in Brazil sparked by public outrage over excessive spending for the Confederations Cup continue unabated. In fact, the partial success of the June demonstrations and the increased confidence in democratic process that it consequently brought on led the Brazilians to continue the struggle. On dozens of occasions in the following months, people took to the streets to shout their grievances — old and new complaints that the ruling class does not seem able to respond to. Read more
