Tag: MTST Homeless Movement

• Tuesday, June 10th 2014 - 07:57 UTC

  Relief: Sao Paulo subway workers reach a tentative deal and suspend the strike

  

  Subway workers have suspended a strike that crippled traffic in Brazil's biggest city, but warned they could resume their walkout on Thursday, when Sao Paulo hosts the first game of the soccer World Cup.

• Friday, May 23rd 2014 - 23:59 UTC

  Strikes and protests in chaotic Sao Paulo move to the suburbs

  

  Brazil faced new protests and strikes Friday as bus drivers continued their walkout in Sao Paulo's suburbs and Rio de Janeiro braced for demonstrations 20 days from the World Cup.

• Friday, May 16th 2014 - 06:45 UTC

  Day of marches and protests in Brazil; the Army was sent to impose order in Recife

  

  Road blocks and marches hit Brazilian cities on Thursday as disparate groups criticized spending on the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament and sought to revive a call for better public services that swept the country last June.

• Wednesday, May 7th 2014 - 07:11 UTC

  Sao Paulo offers 22.000 dollars rewards to whoever turns in data on criminals

  

  With just over a month left for the 2014 World Cup kick off in Brazil, the governor of the state of Sao Paulo launched the Regional Reward program which will pay 55.000 Reales (approximately 22.000 dollars) to anyone providing useful information to help to solve crimes and track perpetrators.

• Thursday, May 1st 2014 - 07:22 UTC

  Brazil: Protestors demanding housing block main access routes and camp outside City Council

  

  A demonstration supporting access to low-cost housing on Wednesday blocked several stretches of the Marginal Tiete, one of the main access routes to Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city and financial capital.