(Vatican Radio) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who held a crisis cabinet meeting
seeking ways out of this crisis, is expected to make a national broadcast about the
deteriorating situation in Brazil.
It all started with the 2 June price hike
in bus fares, which have since been rescinded, but it has flared into an array of
other issues, including corruption, the cost of living and Brazil’s ability to afford
to stage next year's soccer World Cup and the Olympics in 2016.
Riot police,
who stopped protesters from storming the Foreign Ministry Building in the capitol,
Brasilia, with volleys of rubber bullets and clouds of tear gas, are a stop gap, rather
than a panacea to the overall crisis, which has seen more than one million people
take to the streets in 100 cities.
FIFA insists the show will go on concerning
the Confederations Cup, which is being held in Brazil. Matches will resume tomorrow.
Play will last 90 minutes. The unrest Brazil is suffering will take somewhat longer
to resolve, and no one knows if this will flag a red card to Rio hosting the World
Cup next year.
Protesters are expecting concessions from Rousseff. She has
yet to her announce her goals.