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Brazil: Workers Struggle Trumps Sports Spectacle

by James Petras

3 June 2014

The escalating protests in Brazil are symptomatic of the wealth disparities between the ruling class and the masses. More than just food baskets, Brazilian people demand social justice and are up in arms over their government’s lavishly wasteful spending on the 2014 football World Cup.

New President to Serve Out Full Term, Despite Protesters’ Wishes

by Kintto Lucas

Quito (Ecuador) | 22 April 2005

Ecuador’s new president, Alfredo Palacio, told IPS that he would complete the term of Lucio Gutiérrez, who was removed by Congress Wednesday, even though the protesters demanding that Gutiérrez step down called for elections in just four months.