World 2014: A World Anti-degenerate event in Sao Paulo
A new demonstration against the World degenerated into violence , looting and arrests Saturday night in Sao Paulo , the Brazilian megalopolis where will the opening World Cup match on June 12
The police dispersed with tear gas and sound bombs a thousand demonstrators protesting against the billions spent on the World Cup and the misery of basic public services , reported AFP journalists .
Clashes continued in the evening between police and groups of protesters in the center of Sao Paulo.
Dozens of protesters were arrested , and five journalists who were nevertheless identified as such to the police , told the online edition of the daily Estadao Sao Paulo.
At least four policemen were injured , two with fractures in the leg, while two protesters arrested had injuries , police said in Sao Paulo on his Twitter account .
Groups of demonstrators ransacked in the evening showcases bank branches , set fire to rubbish bins and barricades erected in the center of Sao Paulo.
" Terrorist Police! " shouted the protesters when the police which intervened to disperse unceremoniously fired with tear gas and sound bombs .
- "Chaos" -
"There was not even a broken window, but police began to attack everyone ," said locally AFP a spokesman for the event.
At least 1,000 people had earlier marched without incident in the center of Sao Paulo , shouting " The Cup will not take place ! Mondial for the rich, mortadella for the poor " .
Many activists anarchist Black Bloc radicals , dressed in black, their faces covered , were at the head of the procession , guarded closely by an impressive police presence .
The convening of this event was launched on the website "Against the 2014 World Cup " .
The organizers denounced the "chaos" which Brazilians are facing in their lack of investment in health , education and transport. Identical to those of the historical social unrest that rocked the country in June 2013 , during the Confederations Cup soccer claims .
"I came to protest against the World .
Millions have been spent on stages and in contrast, does not care or health or education," and denounced a protester , Fernanda Moreira , 19 years.
Brazil has invested a total of approximately $ 11 billion in the organization of the World 2014 , including the construction of stadiums .
On January 25 , a first anti- World day was convened in the country. But she had not mobilized to Sao Paulo, where the demonstration had ended in vandalism and violent clashes between police and demonstrators.
On February 6 , an event in Rio de Janeiro against the rising cost of public transport has also dramatically escalated into violence. A television cameraman there was fatally hit by a firework rocket launched by radical protesters.
The death of this journalist has created a commotion in the country and reignited the debate on tougher legislation against the perpetrators of violence during demonstrations , as well as the adoption of anti-terrorism legislation before the World Cup.
These discussions generate political controversy , some elected officials fear that the future anti-terrorism law can not cover the excesses committed during the protests at the risk of criminalizing legitimate social movements.
President Dilma Rousseff left stressed last week that any change in the law should strictly follow the letter of the Constitution , " which guarantees freedom of expression , thinking, finally all freedoms, but which prohibits anonymity ."
This last statement could lead to legislate the prohibition to participate in a demonstration masked , as do activists Blacks blocks.
