MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Booing down of President Rousseff reflects growing dissatisfaction with the economy
Inflation, slower growth, street protests over the increase in bus fares smacked full on at an ill-humoured Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff during the opening ceremony of the Confederations Cup in Brasilia when she was booed down three times and simply had to declare the event open. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesSounds like a Frau Blucher moment.
Jun 16th, 2013 - 04:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Oh dear, trouble at mill.
Jun 16th, 2013 - 06:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And when Argentina implodes that will up the pressure even more.
Jun 16th, 2013 - 08:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0WooHoo! 2.14 to the dollar today - C'moan baby - keep goin!!!!
Jun 17th, 2013 - 04:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0People booed Lula in 2007 in the opening of Pan Games. Since then, he and his party got cautious in his speeches and would only allow the uneducated to make the crowd. The leftists say that people who booed Dilma were the playboys, rich, elites... Hahahaha
Jun 17th, 2013 - 07:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“There are no apparent political influences behind the protests, just simply organized through the social networks of angry citizens with events.”
Wrong, unless Mercopress was referring to the stadium protests. The bus protests is a political idea and I don't see anything good coming out of it since more state intervention is their final goal.
My concern from the beginning has been the financial mismanagement that is the Rousseff / Mantega duo. She has had ample time and international comment regarding the liar Mantega that she must agree with him.
Jun 17th, 2013 - 07:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Having been booed will do nothing for Dilma and may just make her smell the coffee with regard to the suitability of her / Mantega ‘alternative’ economics because they are clearly not working.
Whether she has the time to fix it before the elections is very difficult to perceive but she may well be VERY unhappy at the outcome if she does not.
Why the Brazilian people booed the president? Simple: politicians in general, here in Brazil, are all shameless, who get tax money (which by the way are very expensive), and instead of turning them into benefits for the people (such as schools, hospitals, etc.. ), build stadiums, and steal what's left of that money, they say they do not have enough money ... lie! Spent 1.2 billion reais in the Mane Garrincha Stadium, and besides all that wanted to increase the bus fare well, and people reacted (the Brazilians finally stopped being afraid, and did something).
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