Image [1] by Fernando H. C. Oliveira [2] on flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. [3]
In digital magazine Distintas Latitudes (Different latitudes), Mexican internationalist Vanessa Rebollar analyzes [4] [es] the elements present in the Brazilian protests caused by 2014 FIFA World Cup [5]. She brings up some questions:
¿Cuál es el contexto dentro del cual han surgido las protestas? y ¿Quiénes son los actores y sus demandas y cómo se han logrado articular los intereses de los diversos sectores de la población? Así, en un primer momento hablaré de las coordenadas social, política y económica que pueden explicar o dar sentido al surgimiento de las movilizaciones,
What is the context in which the protests have arisen? Who are the actors and their demands and how have they managed to articulate the interests of the various sectors of the population? So, at first I'll talk about social, political and economical coordinates that may explain or give a sense of the beginning of the demonstrations.
After noting corruption as a common element to all of the above, she addresses some features of the protest and concludes:
Brasil puede dar lecciones dentro y fuera del estadio. A raíz de las protestas, la población ha sido más conciente y crítica de la gestión del gobierno de izquierda, que si bien ha avanzado en unos aspectos, en otros aún ha quedado a deber y esto será reflejado tanto en las calles como en las urnas.
Brazil can teach lessons inside and outside the stadium. Since the protests started, the population has been more aware and critical of the leftist government, which if it has made some progress in some aspects, in others it still has much left to do and this will be reflected on the streets and in elections.
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