2013-06-21 18:43:56

Brazil’s president to address citizens


(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It all started with the 2 June price hike in bus fares, which have since been rescinded, but it has flared into an array of other issues, including corruption, the cost of living and Brazil’s ability to afford to stage next year's soccer World Cup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.

Listen to the report by James Blears: RealAudioMP3









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