Protests in Brazil in 2013

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Protesters on a street in Rio de Janeiro . The banner reads "Se a passagem nicht baixar, o Rio vai parar!"
Police in Niterói on June 19, 2013
Protests in Rio Grande do Norte on June 20, 2013
Mural Against Hunger by Paulo Ito at the Escola Municipal de Educação Infantil Primary School, Rua Padre Chico 50, São Paulo.

The protests in Brazil , which began in June 2013, are the largest unrest in the South American country since the end of the military dictatorship in the 1980s . The protests are directed against the hosting of the soccer World Cup in Brazil in 2014 , against corruption (especially in the administration), against social grievances such as the ailing school system, increases in local public transport prices and unlawful police violence .

designation

The protests are named differently, for example the vinegar revolution (because the police made arrests for possession of vinegar, which was supposed to protect against tear gas), 20-cent revolution (the increase in bus tariffs by 20  centavos , from 3.00 to 3.20 Real , were a trigger for the demonstrations) and Passe Livre ("free ticket", because of the demand for free use of public transport).

course

On June 17, 2013, the largest protest demonstration to date took place: during the FIFA Confederations Cup , more than 200,000 people demonstrated against the billions spent on major sports projects such as football stadiums for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games . Instead, they called for more money to be invested in education and health. Most Brazilians share the protesters' criticism.

President Dilma Rousseff tried to calm the situation. “Peaceful demonstrations are legitimate. It is in the nature of youth to demonstrate, ”she said on June 17, 2013.

Only when Brazil's football celebrities (such as Bayern defender Dante or Neymar ) showed solidarity with the demonstrators, FIFA President Sepp Blatter expressed a certain understanding for the protests.

On June 19, Blatter commented on the protest rallies in an exclusive interview with the Brazilian broadcaster TV Globo ; numerous media quoted his sentence “Brazil competed for this World Cup. We didn't force the World Cup on Brazil ”. He couldn't understand the criticism of the cost of the stadiums; you shouldn't use football to make demands.

On June 20, 2013, the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo gave in and withdrew the bus fare increase.

On the evening of June 20, around a million Brazilians demonstrated in more than a hundred cities across the country. The largest mobilization took place in Rio de Janeiro (around 300,000 demonstrators). The vast majority of them demonstrated completely peacefully and marched through the center of the city towards the mayor's office. The situation escalated when police fired tear gas grenades at the protest march. Police used mounted units and armored vehicles and cracked down on the demonstrators. At least 44 people were injured in Rio and more than 100 in Brasília ; many by rubber bullets from the police. Then there were street battles. During the night, rioters set fire to cars or plastic sheeting or pulled down fences. According to figures from the official news agency "Agência Brasil", almost two million people in 438 cities took part.

On June 21, 2013, Brazil’s President Rousseff promised a “big pact” for a better Brazil in a nationally broadcast televised address. She praised the peaceful protests and condemned minority violence. Rousseff announced a "great pact" to remedy the shortcomings in the public service system. A plan should be developed to improve public transport, more money from the oil revenues should be invested in education and doctors from abroad should be brought to Brazil. It was the President's first public reaction after the wave of protests on Friday night.

2014

In mid-May 2014, four weeks before the start of the soccer World Cup, protests broke out in São Paulo, with police and demonstrators in some cases violent clashes.

“The demonstrators accuse the government of investing a lot of money in prestige projects such as the World Cup and of neglecting the necessary expenditure on education, health and infrastructure. Many participants wore banners with the inscription 'Fifa go home' or posters which alluded to the new and modern World Cup stadiums and said: 'Schools and hospitals according to Fifa standards'. "

- dpa

literature

Web links

Commons : Protests in Brazil 2013  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Brazil's youth is awakening . NZZ , June 17, 2013
  2. ^ Social revolt under the Sugar Loaf . kurier.at, June 18, 2013
  3. ↑ Brazil's Vinegar Uprising .
  4. ↑ a b Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo give in . FAZ , June 20, 2013
  5. ↑ Brazil protests erupt over public services and World Cup costs .
  6. ↑ Mass protests against the World Cup and the Olympics: Brazilians rise up against billion- dollar sports festivals . Spiegel Online , June 18, 2013
  7. ↑ Eye closers on a world tour . sueddeutsche.de, June 20, 2013
  8. ^ Fifa President: Blatter criticizes demonstrators in Brazil . Spiegel Online , June 19, 2013
  9. ↑ Mass protests in Brazil: The sheltered children have had enough . Spiegel Online , June 18, 2013
  10. ↑ "Didn't force the World Cup on Brazil" . ( Memento from June 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Handelsblatt, June 19, 2013
  11. ↑ Brazil experiences night of violence , sueddeutsche.de, June 21, 2013
  12. ↑ A million Brazilians on the streets . NZZ , June 21, 2013
  13. ^ President Rousseff reacts to protests: "I hear you" . FAZ , June 22, 2013
  14. ↑ Response to protests: Rousseff promises a “big pact” for a better Brazil . Spiegel Online , June 22, 2013; accessed on February 11, 2016.
  15. Jump up again at protests in Brazil . dw.de. 16 May 2014
  16. ^ Brazil: Protests and rioting in the World Cup city of São Paulo . Spiegel Online , May 16, 2014