Sao Paulo ‘nao vai ter copa’ protest

Protests and social unrest continues in Brazil, with official statistics stating at least half the population are angry and upset with the Government spending for the World Cup rather than excited about the football. Whether this will continue and escalate during the Cup is open to speculation. On Saturday 31st May around 2000 protestors took to the streets of Sao Paulo to protest against the Cup, chanting the slogan ‘Nao Vai ter Copa’ (there will be no Cup), holding a memorial for the workers who died building the stadiums and burning the Brazilian flag outside the Sao Paulo institute of football. The majority of the protest was peaceful, with some minor damage and scuffles when protesters entered Barrafunda transport terminal and then boarded a subway train.

Over the coming weeks there are more protests planned, so what’s left to see is whether it will disrupt the sporting event.