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Obviamente que o povo brasileiro teria de acordar perante uma corrupção vergonhosa por aqueles que deveriam dar o exemplo de honestidade. Esta revolta popular tinha de acontecer porque isso já estava a fermentar há muitos, muitos anos. Esta expressão de descontentamento é um sinal de progresso. Porém, a corrupçao e a violência tem raizes profundas.

A violência é neste caso virtualmente a única opção que as classes populares tem à disposição para expressar a revolta e indignação contra um desenvolvimento social muito lento e desfasado das potencialidades do país. A corrupção endémica de uma estrata da sociedade brasileira tem o país praticamente acorrentado.

É pena que a classe política não se tenha corrigido para evitar estas formas de violência onde as pessoas sofrem danos físicos, por vezes irreparáveis.

Clique neste link do Youtube para ver a Cidinha Campos a discursar sobre os mamões, os laranjas, os políticos com corrupção na ADN. Você nunca terá visto nada de igual a Cidinha Campos. Esta senhora é única.

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19 June 2013 Last updated at 22:11

Violent protests mar Brazil-Mexico match in Fortaleza

The BBC's Julia Carneiro: "Police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds"

Brazil protests

Brazilian police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse some protesters in the city of Fortaleza, as unrest continues across the country.

At least 30,000 people rallied in the north-eastern city ahead of the Confederations Cup game with Mexico.

The government warned earlier it would deploy forces to five cities.

The unrest was sparked by transport price hikes in Sao Paulo but it has now grown into broader discontent over poor public services and corruption.

'Doing the right thing'

The protesters in Fortaleza began their march on the main road leading to the stadium.

Clashes erupted when the march was stopped by police. Some demonstrators began throwing stones, while police fired rubber bullets and tear gas.

Several people were injured, including police officers.

Access to the stadium was blocked for at least 30 minutes, but police later allowed people to get in ahead of the game which started at 19:00 GMT.

A number of protesters do have tickets and are believed to be at the game, however no trouble has been reported during the match.

The BBC's Ben Smith in Fortaleza says that during the protest some demonstrators carried banners reading: "A teacher is worth more than Neymar" - in a reference to Brazil's star footballer who played - and scored a goal - against Mexico.

Meanwhile, other national team players expressed their support for the demonstrators.

"After seeing the people on the streets claiming for improvements, it makes me feel like joining them,'' striker Hulk was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.

"They are doing the right thing, what they are saying makes sense and we have to hear them. Brazil needs to improve, we all know that," he added.

Brazil's National Public Security Force

Created in 2004
Made up of members of various Brazilian public safety forces
Led by the police commissioner of Brazil's Federal Police
Deployed in cases of "social unrest and exceptional situations in Brazilian states when public order is challenged"

Source: Brazilian Government website

In a separate development, the president of the football's world governing body FIFA, Sepp Blatter, urged protesters not to "use football to make their demands heard".

But speaking to Brazil's Globo TV, he added: "I can understand that people are not happy."

Dilemma

On Tuesday, riot police and protesters clashed in Sao Paulo - the largest city.

Shops and banks were vandalised by groups of masked activists, who fought other demonstrators trying to stop the violence.

The current unrest is the biggest since 1992, when people took to the streets to demand the impeachment of then-President Fernando Collor de Mello.

Vice-President Michel Temer cut short a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Wednesday to return to Brazil.

However, President Dilma Rousseff said she was proud that so many people were fighting for a better country.

Brazil's government earlier warned that it would deploy the National Public Security Force (FNSP) in the five cities hosting the Confederations Cup: Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Fortaleza and the capital, Brasilia.

The authorities said that Recife was the only host city not to request the support of the force. The tournament is seen as a curtain-raiser event for next year's football World Cup.

The mayors of Cuiaba, Recife, Joao Pessoa and other cities have already announced a reduction in bus fares in response to Monday's protests, which saw more than 200,000 people take to the streets in more than a dozen cities.

But the dilemma for the country's political leadership is how to answer so many different concerns among a vast group of people with momentum and social media on their side, correspondents say.

Many of the demonstrators have complained of the huge sums spent on construction for the World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, which will be hosted by Rio de Janeiro.

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