Brazil sees largest protests in decades
Nik Press
June 18, 2013
Brazil sees largest protests in decades as unrest hits second week
By RT
Mass protests continued throughout Brazil on Monday, with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators converging in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, the capital of Brasilia and other cities.
Protests initially began last week following a government announcement of an increase in public transportation costs, which brought out students and young workers and led to more than 250 arrests.
According to reports by Brazilian media such as Jornal do Dia, the initially peaceful demonstrations last week became heated, and led to clashes with Brazil’s riot police that left at least 100 injured in the major cities of Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte.
Though the protests initially began following the announcement of bus fare increases, they have evolved to include a wide range of groups that have grown dissatisfied over everything from government corruption and income inequality, as well as to outrage over the police’s harsh response to protesters last week.
In a sign that public dissatisfaction was still simmering, soccer fans booed president Dilma Rousseff on Monday during the opening of a two-week tournament at a stadium in the capital Brasilia. The heckling only intensified when the president of the global soccer body, FIFA, reprimanded the crowed for failing to show the president “respect.”
Though Rousseff was able to ride on her predecessor’s popularity, Brazil’s economic growth has slowed considerably since she took over from Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is widely credited with lifting 40 million Brazilians out of poverty. Brazil’s economy has posted its worst two-year performance in over a decade, and inflation rose to 6.5 per cent in May.
At least 20,000 Brazilians were expected to demonstrate in Sao Paulo on Monday, with organizers placing the figure closer to 30,000.
Two dead in fireworks plant explosion near Montreal [video included]
[note via Dutchsinse: Montreal Canada.. large explosion.. ANOTHER fireworks factory..
Time for me to start covering explosions again.. since they’re rolling out the SAME explanations over and over again now..]
image credit: Malene Thyssen, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Malene
CNN.com
June 20, 2013
(CNN) — Two people died Thursday when a fireworks plant exploded near Montreal, federal police in Quebec said.
“You could see the fireworks going off,” said Stacey Hylen, who was bicycling with her husband and 5-year-old daughter to a nearby school to watch her 10-year-old participate in a mini triathlon.
“The kids thought it was fireworks for the start of their triathlon,” Hylen, 41, told CNN in a telephone interview.
The plant is located a mile north of the school in the town of Coteau-du-Lac, nearly an hour’s drive southwest of Montreal.
As the explosions continued, it became clear that was not the case. “It was like a bomb,” she said. “It was so loud. Like, at first you were thinking it was dynamite. It just kept going on and on. And then, when you saw the mushroom cloud it was like, woah! It just freaked me out. It shook. I had friends tell me it shook their house, and they live miles away.”
Soon after, thick black smoke emerged from the roof of one of the factory’s two buildings, both corrugated-metal structures about 20 feet tall.
VIDEO — Turkish Unrest Could Encourage An Attack On Syria – Sheikh Imran Hosein
108morris108
June 19, 2013
Events in Turkey from the last week or two are still just unrest and not an uprising but social media is being applied in a crafty way, the agenda is not regime change but rather to create a need for a distraction by the government, and Syria is the most likely distraction.
This would likely create a civil war in turkey which would attract Muslims from abroad wishing to Free Turkey from NATO
Both Mursi and Erdogan are uncompromising
Regarding Egypt breaking off relations with Syria, Mursi is following a script from his paymasters, he had no choice, and neither Neither Iran nor Russia have reacted
Recorded June 19 2013 Apologies for poor internet connection…
More of the interview will go up within 24 hours (and probably within 8 hours)
VIDEO — The Transformation of Society
CorbettReport.com
June 12, 2013
The US government has been violating the constituion and trampling on the bill of rights since virtually the inception of the country. The history of the US, like the history of every other country, is littered with the corpses of nice-sounding ideals, from false flag frame-ups to lead the nation into war to the persecution and even execution of political dissidents. But the point is that 50 years ago, America wanted to believe it was a nation of ideals, and many people did believe that. So what changed?…
VIDEO — Philladelphia Smokedown Prohibition V The Full Story
Adam VS The Man
June 13, 2013
This is definitive video of what went down at the Philly Smoke Down Prohibition 5.
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VIDEO — Our Elections Are Not Fairer Than Iran’s – Mahdi Nazemroaya
108morris108
June 16, 2013
When Iran is compared to other countries, its democracy looks more balanced than others.
VIDEO — What Iranians want from next president
PressTV
June 16, 2013
What Iranians want from next president
The new president in Iran will take office in a few weeks and naturally will make some changes both in domestic and international policies. Experts believe the new administration should be seen by other countries as a chance for resetting ties with Iran. Ordinary people say, under any circumstances Iran must keep its principle and at the same time efforts must be made to remove or ease the unilateral sanctions of the west. Meanwhile, other experts believe improving relations with the international community could help Iran’s economy see better days.
Ehsane Keyvani, Press TV, Tehran
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