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Riots in Sao Paulo as police disperses protestors over rising transport fares
Sao Paulo police on Tuesday night fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse protesters upset over rising transport fares, sparking memories of the 2013 street clashes in Brazil, this year's Olympic host. Riot cops wanted to prevent demonstrators from moving from the spot where they were gathered at one end of the city's major Paulista Avenue. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesThe fares may have been lower had they not burnt as many buses last year.
Jan 14th, 2016 - 01:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You have to be some fucking idiot to burn the thing you want to travel on and then complain and riot.
But what do you expect in Latam. sense?
Bahahahaha
Jan 14th, 2016 - 01:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Rioting over 2 dimes.
Ahh Socialism at its best.
Is it going to be safe for the tourist to go to brazil for the Olympics.
Jan 14th, 2016 - 02:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“But what do you expect in Latam. sense?”
Jan 14th, 2016 - 02:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0ChrisR, are we on the generalisation wagon again?
Regarding the Brazil situation, you get what you voted for... how long will Dilma stay in power? I don't think she will make it till the end of term.
4. Staying in office is the only thing keeping her and Lula out of jail.
Jan 14th, 2016 - 02:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That's true Socialists/Statist/Collectivists riot at the drop of a hat all over the world.
As I stated on another post, these protests are being instigated by the radical left (parts of the PT and the Communist party) ; Why is it that protests are concentrated in SPaulo and Rio, States not governed by the PT ? Meanwhile, the students, a bunch of idiots, and who are theoretically the future elite of the country, are allowing themselves to be manipulated ...once again, like in 1992 when Collor was impeached, and the students (ages 15 to 18), nicknamed the “caras-pintadas” (painted-faces) went to the streets in full force to support the impeachment, without understanding a fucking thing of what was really going on behind the scenes...
Jan 14th, 2016 - 05:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@3 Safe for the Olympics? When is it ever safe in Brazilian cities ?
Jan 14th, 2016 - 05:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Although it is Argentina that still leads in the violent assault rates. From 2010 to 2015 (Kirchner years, duh...) “robos con violencia” increased 43 percent.
La Decada Ganada (o Gansada).
The ridiculous thing about these riots, is that the protesters (students, vandals, idiots in general) are complaing about an increase of R$ 0,30 (US$ 7 cents) in the bus fare, while the Government is stealing dozens of billions of dollars....That's why I maintain that the protests are political.
Jan 16th, 2016 - 09:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 4 ManRod
Jan 17th, 2016 - 11:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0“are we on the generalisation wagon again?”
No, from my experience of living in Uruguay, having personal experience of argies, Paraguayans, Brazil Nuts and (I admit) only two Chileans, they ALL have several traits in common.
The most noticeable one is that they NEVER think ahead and then they claim 'who would have known that?” when the shit hit's the fan. Well, anybody with half-a-brain actually.
So with a nick like ManRod I take it you are a LatAm of sorts, or are you just boasting? :o)
@8 We are reminded of the number of passengers on the infamous “Transantiago” public transport system in Chile, where the citizenry sees fit to periodically burn a good number of the buses. A much larger set from the same part of the populace, when using what remains of the system, elects to do so without paying for the service. It appears that in certain of the districts, that non-payment has reached more than 50 percent, though the overall average is about 29 percent who don't pay, according to CL media. And here is the kicker: as enforcement measures and fines increase, the noncompliance just keeps going up. Some degree of public transport fare evasion is observed in most countries (Melbourne and San Francisco, for example, show about 9 percent evasion) but the losses at the Transantiago are rather startling. The El Mercurio report on the subject indicated that average daily losses for two of the constituent companies that make up less than 1/3 of the system, were around 150,000 CLP or about enough to buy one new bus every day.
Jan 17th, 2016 - 12:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.cnnchile.com/noticia/2015/12/16/evasion-del-transantiago-alcanzo-cifra-record-entre-julio-y-septiembre
@10 Marti Llazo
Jan 17th, 2016 - 09:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Obviously, those that go to extremes while protesting - burning buses, smashing cars parked in the street, as well as shop windows, looting, and destroying public proprty in general, are the very small minority, really insignificant in numbers. The population on the whole condemns this barbaric behaviour, yet it carries on because - funnily enough - the Police are too lenient. The Police allow themselves to be cornered in that they are afraid of being criticized by the leftist media which spares no effort in defending the protesters, no matter how weak their cause or whatever they do...
@11 -- Actually the carabineros will indeed kick ass and take names when conditions call for it -- and generally they don't much care what the media might have to say since the public are largely in favour of being rid of the flaite scum.
Jan 18th, 2016 - 01:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0The media in Chile have little impact on carabineros' actions at a line level -- but the judiciary and the legislature (as well as the executive branch of the current ineffectual government) certainly keep them from doing their jobs. If you have ever seen the Pacos in real action you will see some well deserved bloodshed which is supported by a great deal of the population, even if not by the government agencies.
It may be noted that over 40 percent of delincuentes brought to prosecution are never convicted in Chile. This speaks volumes about a number of failures, including the inability of the carabineros and the prosecutors themselves to assemble adequate cases to meet the absurdly restrictive requirements which stack the deck very much in favour of criminals in that country. The low conviction rate actually encourages more brutal behaviour on the street when conditions warrant it.
In the US they would have just aimed for centre of mass and done this guy in, but instead the pacos shot him in the leg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW4iBbKdzaY
I posted this one recently -- paco killed this flaite with a head shot (kid died in hospital)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW4iBbKdzaY
others - sometimes see these on CL television when I am down in Punta Arenas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW4iBbKdzaY
@12 Marti Llazo
Jan 18th, 2016 - 01:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0good to see that at least some cops take their job seriously.......it's this politically correct bs that has enabled criminals to get away with a lot of crap, as is obvious whenever a high-profile drug-dealer is captured : the human rights' activists swarm to the prison to guarantee the perps' physical integrity. In polls taken in the past - at least some 15 years ago - results showed that about 90% of the population (of the 4 southern States, where HDI in Brazil is the highest) was said to be in favour of the death penalty for certain (heinous) crimes, but as usual, Congress took no notice.
The invasion of the Carandiru penitentiary in 1992, where 111 inmates - according to official sources - were killed, was a dividing point ; the Military Police, lead by Colonel Ubiratan Guimarães (who was a friend of mine, until his crazy girlfriend shot and killed him), took so much heat from the press - as well as from the then Governor (Fleury) who later (coveniently) denied ever having given the order to invade the prison - it became clear that the police had no intention of being accused again, of using excessive force in the repression of prison rebellions, or of street protests that get out of hand. But how are they supposed to react when they get stones and Molotov cocktails thrown at them ?? In one of these street protests about 2 years ago, I happened to be nearby, and could see all was going well until a bunch of masked individuals, dressed in black, infiltrated themselves into the crowd and started to break the windows of several luxury-car dealerships, smashing brand-new Mercedes, BMW's and all the installations...millions in damage...the Police then reacted, and sure as shit is shit, they were criticized for using excessive force to save what was left of those private properties......a few masked criminals were arrested, then released on bail.....haven't seen anyone punished...yet.
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