As many as 200,000 Brazilians in 100 cities marched this week to protest tax burdens, lack of funding for healthcare, education and rising transportation costs that are associated with numerous national events, including the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics.
“This video was recorded right before the recent protests started, but with all of this going on, it becomes even more evident that the World Cup and the Olympics should not be our priority. The world has to know about what’s really going on.”
The Costs of hosting next summer’s World Cup are expected to top $13 billion, a figure that’s criticized by citizens who say the country should be spending money elsewhere. The main points of the protests are summarized in this short video by Brazilian filmmaker Carla Dauden, entitled “No, I’m not going to the World Cup.” It has more than 500,000 views in its first 24 hours.
During the film there is a moment where a doctor in one of Rio’s understaffed, and underfunded hospitals rages “I am a doctor. I am revolted. I am alone in this crap here! There is nothing I can do for the excess of sick patients and the secretariat, the governor, they don’t do anything!”
“It’s time we started thinking about our priorities and what’s important,” Dauden says at the end of the clip.
So if you want to know more about the problems discussed in the video, please check the links below:
A Nova Democracia (The New Democracy)-https://www.facebook.com/jornalanovad…
Domínio Público (Public Domain)- http://vimeo.com/50479054
Copa pra quem? https://www.facebook.com/copapraquem?…
Comitê Popular do Rio http://comitepopulario.wordpress.com/
Conectas http://www.conectas.org/
http://www.conectas.org/politica-exte…
http://www.theworld.org/2012/08/brazi…
Published in youtube the 17th of june 2013
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